A review by esshgee
Leonard: My Fifty-Year Friendship with a Remarkable Man by William Shatner

3.0

3 1/2 stars. I'm still figuring out how I feel about this book. It was very interesting reading about Leonard Nimoy's history and of course by default, Bill Shatner's, but I'm still trying to decipher why he wrote this book? There is a lot of love and honesty in Shatner's writing, and some tales are incredibly heartfelt. But Shatner and Nimoy had not spoken in nearly 4 years before Nimoy's death, and so the friendship had waned. No mention is made as to whether Nimoy's family gave their permission/blessing for the stories to be printed - I suppose most of them are Shatner's stories too, or in public domain, so that doesn't matter legally, but maybe ethically? Was it a way for Shatner to put forward his reasons for not attending Nimoy's funeral? This book posed lots of questions for me, and I found it an enjoyable read.