A review by bookgirl1209
Amy, 27: Amy Winehouse and The 27 Club by Howard Sounes

2.0

This was an ok book about Amy Winehouse and the 5 other musical artists who all died at age 27. Jones, Hendrix, Joplin, Morrison and Cobain.
It didn't really tell me anything I didn't already know from reading biographies of each of the subjects...except for Amy. I didn't really know too much about her so that was interesting.

The book was a little jumpy, in my opinion. Each chapter, instead of focusing on each individual, consisted of bits and pieces related to each.

Also, I get fatigued at people who explain away troubled lives of celebrities as "well, their parents were divorced, they suffered from depression etc" as if that were the cause for dying at 27. I don't think it's that simple or correlative. Not that I have any answers, I just feel it's a disservice to try and make cause and effect when there are so many other contributing factors.