A review by princesszinza
Bruce by Peter Ames Carlin

2.0

Bruce Springsteen was the man who introduced me to rock music. I got Born to Run when I was 12 in 1975 and was the biggest Bruce fan ever until he disappointed me with Born in the U.S.A. in the early 1980's. I enjoyed reading about Bruce's early years. I learned a lot from this book that I didn't know before about Bruce's dysfunctional childhood. I didn't like the later part of the book as much. Peter Carlin's analysis of Bruce's lp's doesn't jive with my thoughts at all. He doesn't even mention "Lost in the Flood" off Greetings from Asbury Park, one of Bruce's most interesting early songs! His loving defense of Mike Appel's actions regarding Bruce's contracts also did not ring true to me. Overall his characterization of Bruce's personality and career was overly fawning (and this is from a huge fan) and felt flat. I would recommend the first chapters and would skip the rest.