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A review by girlnextshore
The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music by Dave Grohl
5.0
I've got another confession to make...
I wasn't expecting a memoir, written by a white man, to be my first five-star read of the year. But here we are.
The awesome thing about this book is that you need not be an expert in rock music to appreciate its inspired tomes.
For me, Dave Grohl always came across as one of the nice guys of rock and this book puts a stamp on that. His googly-eyed fangirling anecdotes are adorable, and the love he has for his mother and his family is so commendable. If anything, this book is a love letter to all the people he surrounds himself with - from the ones he met along the way to the ones who were gone too soon.
If you're a fan, then you'll absolutely love this. Now, I'm not the world's #1 Scream/Nirvana/Foo Fighters fan, but I love and grew up listening to all sorts of rock music - from alternative to punk to ska to punk to progressive to indie... you get the picture. If anything, this was a nice reminder of the music of yesteryear and what we may have thought rock and roll represented.
It was written beautifully, I could not put it down. Dave's words describing the road to success were captivating and inspiring. There were a few heartbreaking moments, but you ultimately root for the kid because it felt like you were on the same adventure as he was. If anything, the book comes across as honest. And that's really the point of good storytellers.
I wasn't expecting a memoir, written by a white man, to be my first five-star read of the year. But here we are.
The awesome thing about this book is that you need not be an expert in rock music to appreciate its inspired tomes.
For me, Dave Grohl always came across as one of the nice guys of rock and this book puts a stamp on that. His googly-eyed fangirling anecdotes are adorable, and the love he has for his mother and his family is so commendable. If anything, this book is a love letter to all the people he surrounds himself with - from the ones he met along the way to the ones who were gone too soon.
If you're a fan, then you'll absolutely love this. Now, I'm not the world's #1 Scream/Nirvana/Foo Fighters fan, but I love and grew up listening to all sorts of rock music - from alternative to punk to ska to punk to progressive to indie... you get the picture. If anything, this was a nice reminder of the music of yesteryear and what we may have thought rock and roll represented.
It was written beautifully, I could not put it down. Dave's words describing the road to success were captivating and inspiring. There were a few heartbreaking moments, but you ultimately root for the kid because it felt like you were on the same adventure as he was. If anything, the book comes across as honest. And that's really the point of good storytellers.