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nicholaspoe_'s review against another edition
5.0
Probably the best biography I have read. Bragg is less a biographer and more a story-teller. I can't think of a better story for him to tell than Jerry Lee Lewis.
sjj169's review against another edition
2.0
Rick Bragg's writing is about the only thing I really liked in this book. You have Jerry Lee Lewis's story, but now he is a recluse waiting to die? (Or that's what I got) He is scared of going to hell because of the years he was bad and was playing the devil's music. He does so much more crap than that.
Then the ego....and more ego..and so on.
This might have worked more if I had been more of a Lewis fan.
Then the ego....and more ego..and so on.
This might have worked more if I had been more of a Lewis fan.
fdterritory's review against another edition
5.0
Amazing. One of the greatest of all time. Truly The Killer.
cook_memorial_public_library's review against another edition
4.0
A favorite of 2014 recommended by Connie.
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jrobinw's review against another edition
4.0
It took longer to read this book because I often stopped to listen to the music or revisit memories shared by my mom.
pimimi's review against another edition
5.0
"If I exorcise my devils, well, my angels may leave too." tom waits (best epigraph ever)
funsizelibrarian's review against another edition
4.0
Bragg does a great job making an asshole's thought processes and actions somewhat understandable, perhaps even rational. He takes us through Lewis's childhood to his rise and fall (and subsequent rises and falls) and into his old age. Bragg manages to remain impartial to his subject, giving the reader an unvarnished depiction of the good times and the bad, though it's obvious that he enjoyed Lewis's company and the interviews he conducted. I really recommend this one to fans of Lewis, music history, and/or biographies in general.
I read this on on audio, and my only note is that the snippets of song lyrics were read in a weird style - not quite singsong but not really straight reader. I'm sure it would have been a licensing nightmare, but it would have been amazing to actually mix recorded snippets in those areas. As it was, I kept stopping the audiobook to look up videos on youtube. That would have been cool.
I read this on on audio, and my only note is that the snippets of song lyrics were read in a weird style - not quite singsong but not really straight reader. I'm sure it would have been a licensing nightmare, but it would have been amazing to actually mix recorded snippets in those areas. As it was, I kept stopping the audiobook to look up videos on youtube. That would have been cool.