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A review by krys
Love is the Cure: On Life, Loss, and the End of AIDS by Elton John
2.0
Content warning: alcoholism, addiction, codependency, eating disorders (bulimia), drug use (cocaine), rape (related to spread of HIV, discussions surrounding the context before imfection could be triggering to some), stigma due to HIV/AIDS.
This was alright. I enjoyed the first few chapter where the author describes his personal (however vague) life. He was brilliant in setting up his life is related to HIV/AIDS. This philanthropy is also a pillar in his sobriety (though it's not in a selfish way). He describes how his friends and those close to him succumb to this disease (the Freddie Mercury story felt particularly heart breaking).
Later on in the book, he talks in great detail about the achievements his foundation made and the collaborations that resulted in the fight against HIV/AIDS. The book did start to get repetitive (how many times can you say my foundation did such and such) and the driving home message was that compassion was the cure was repeated many times.
He also describes the later stages of AIDS as "full-blown AIDS", which I didn't particularly like.
While I think this was a good personal, anecdotal story, I expected a little more. Perhaps more on the research side of things? I really do appreciate all the work Elton John is doing with this foundation, and this book was a slice of what the foundation does.
This was alright. I enjoyed the first few chapter where the author describes his personal (however vague) life. He was brilliant in setting up his life is related to HIV/AIDS. This philanthropy is also a pillar in his sobriety (though it's not in a selfish way). He describes how his friends and those close to him succumb to this disease (the Freddie Mercury story felt particularly heart breaking).
Later on in the book, he talks in great detail about the achievements his foundation made and the collaborations that resulted in the fight against HIV/AIDS. The book did start to get repetitive (how many times can you say my foundation did such and such) and the driving home message was that compassion was the cure was repeated many times.
He also describes the later stages of AIDS as "full-blown AIDS", which I didn't particularly like.
While I think this was a good personal, anecdotal story, I expected a little more. Perhaps more on the research side of things? I really do appreciate all the work Elton John is doing with this foundation, and this book was a slice of what the foundation does.