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A review by trenthw
Magnificent Desolation: The Long Journey Home from the Moon by Ken Abraham, Buzz Aldrin
emotional
informative
reflective
slow-paced
1.5
The first 2/3rds of the book are really good. The first third is about his trip to the moon. The second third is about his battle with depression and alcoholism. If it ended at that point it would have been a very good book.
Unfortunately, the last third of the book is just him bragging about being famous. The last part seems to be him alternating between making sure that the reader knows he’s a very important person and the ramblings of an old man talking about vacations with his wife.
He also seems to be very back and forth with things throughout the book almost like he hasn’t made up his own mind on the topic. He says he didn’t care that he wasn’t the first person on the moon but then goes into how much he thought about it and how much it affected his life. He says he doesn’t like when people treat him like a celebrity but then in the next chapter will say he feels uncomfortable when people don’t treat him like a celebrity.
I really wanted to like this book but the last part made it so hard. It’s made me second guess what kind of a person Buzz Aldrin really is.
Unfortunately, the last third of the book is just him bragging about being famous. The last part seems to be him alternating between making sure that the reader knows he’s a very important person and the ramblings of an old man talking about vacations with his wife.
He also seems to be very back and forth with things throughout the book almost like he hasn’t made up his own mind on the topic. He says he didn’t care that he wasn’t the first person on the moon but then goes into how much he thought about it and how much it affected his life. He says he doesn’t like when people treat him like a celebrity but then in the next chapter will say he feels uncomfortable when people don’t treat him like a celebrity.
I really wanted to like this book but the last part made it so hard. It’s made me second guess what kind of a person Buzz Aldrin really is.