A review by miekehaveman
Somebody to Love: The Life, Death and Legacy of Freddie Mercury by Matt Richards

5.0

This was one of these books that I could not put down. It also brought back so many memories of growing up. I will never forget watching Queen perform at Live Aid sitting behind my TV on a warm summer day. And I was already a fan. But as much as Freddie's story I loved the interwoven chapters on the AIDS epidemic. It is hard to understand these days how little we knew in the late eighties and what a scary world it was. But also on how badly homosexual people were treated then, there was so much fear. I think AIDS was the first cause that I gave money to as a grown up. It is so touching to read how someone had to live with the fear and the pain for so many years without being able to tell almost anybody. It is a great testament to the eighties.