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John Lennon: The Life (2008)

by Philip Norman(Favorite Author)
4.11 of 5 Votes: 5
ISBN
006075401X (ISBN13: 9780060754013)
languge
English
publisher
Ecco
review 1: I listened to this book and the narrator read it like a stereotypical British documentary. I don't know if that was done tongue in cheek or not but when the reading changed from narration to dialog he did the voice terrifically. I would like to read another biography about John because he really came across as an insecure, angry man. The portrayal was backed up, but it wasn't the feel-good story you necessarily want to read about one of your favorite musicians. That being said, I still enjoyed it!
review 2: The book was great. I'm in general not a big fan of biographies or even non-fiction in general but this really kept my attention. Maybe it's just my love of the Beatles but I felt the book was very well written and provided a ton of insight into areas of t
... morehe Beatles life that I'd never heard of. Took me about a month to finish and whenever I wasn't reading the book, I was absolutely hooked on the Beatles. less
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jen
So far I'm enjoying but far more details than I personally need.
rabeena
Not as good as I thought it was going to be.
Beverly
Bog standard music bio.
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