so-soThis book has extremely high rating on GR. I think because mostly his fans are going to be reading this and predisposed to giving him a 5 also, memoirs are hard to rate. It is hard to not bring your own nostalgia in.
I rate memoirs only on 2 dynamics: sentence structure, and flow. I never go in thinking XYZ is what they should write about. For this I give Grohl's book a 3.5⭐ I enjoyed it. He can write allowing his voice to come through, but👇
ChaoticMissAdventures He skipped around so much I had trouble knowing what year we were in or what order events happened. It was jarring to be reading about Kurt's death and have him in the middle of a paragraph pivot to another death you soon realize was 14 years later.While these are 2 impactful deaths in his life there was a disconnect for the reader on the page. Overall though I enjoyed this thinking of things like Rick Astley jumping on stage with the foo fighters 1mo
ChaoticMissAdventures Thinking about this more, I am normally not into relentless positive memoirs but this one worked for me in that way, maybe it is the state of the world but I liked that he didn't once trash talk anyone and he seems genuinely grateful for his life and opportunities 1mo
BarbaraBB Thoughtful review. I still need to read it. 1mo
ChaoticMissAdventures @BarbaraBB I am trying hard to be objective! Nirvana was my favorite band in high school, and I legitimately mourned Cobain's death more than I have any other celebrity. I still think he was brilliant and tragic. I wasn't obsessed with Grohl, but I like him okay. I thought the name dropping here was fun. I hadn't known him and Paul McCartney were so close! 1mo
BarbaraBB Yes, Cobain‘s death hit hard. I am not obsessed with Grohl either but I‘ve seen him play drums with QOTSA and he is such a great musician, I am interested to know more about him. And I am all in for some name dropping! 1mo
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