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theliterarylotte's review against another edition
3.0
Biography of Jim Morrison that on the one hand is greatly interesting since Jim is my favourite artist, but slightly exaggerated and blown-up story: no to little separation between stage persona and sober Jim.
alexryan3's review against another edition
dark
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
4.25
I don’t typically read nonfiction but this book was amazing. Jim Morrison was an absolute psycho and genius. This book encapsulates everything he was and more. There’s so many little details, stories, and pictures scattered throughout the book that gives you total insight into his life. This was entertaining and although it was over 300 pages felt like such a quick read. My only complaint is that I feel like it kinda glosses over the effect his death had on the people around. That would’ve been interesting to read about. Overall great book though.
chlo_bo's review against another edition
dark
emotional
informative
inspiring
sad
tense
medium-paced
5.0
mattrabpc's review against another edition
3.0
I love The Doors and I found this was a good journey through the career of The Doors and Jim Morrison's life. I knew some of the stories but getting the context of it all and seeing the big picture around the events in Jim's life was interesting.
I thought the authors didn't catch the most accurate picture of Morrison. While it did point out the times he was cruel and unreasonable and showed how later he wanted out of the rockstar image I feel like it went a bit too far excusing his actions. He was in a lot of pain and didn't get the time to make things right, but there was still a lot to reckon with. It also made all of Morrison's partners out to be really cruel and bitchy and they might have been but it doesn't seem right that they would all act like that.
Overall its a pretty decent read for myth making but I think I'd read Ray Manzerek or John Denismore's books to get a clearer picture of what happened.
I thought the authors didn't catch the most accurate picture of Morrison. While it did point out the times he was cruel and unreasonable and showed how later he wanted out of the rockstar image I feel like it went a bit too far excusing his actions. He was in a lot of pain and didn't get the time to make things right, but there was still a lot to reckon with. It also made all of Morrison's partners out to be really cruel and bitchy and they might have been but it doesn't seem right that they would all act like that.
Overall its a pretty decent read for myth making but I think I'd read Ray Manzerek or John Denismore's books to get a clearer picture of what happened.
babs_jellymuck's review against another edition
4.0
I remember liking the book, but really disliking Jim when I finished it.
jammasterjamie's review against another edition
4.0
I was going through boxes the other day and I came across this book, the same copy I bought with the $5 my grandmother gave me for my fifteenth birthday about a million years ago. It was a hugely influential book on my life way back in the day and it was kind of funny reading it from an adult's perspective. Some of the antics Morrison got up to that seemed to cool when I was kid seemed purely asinine now, but for the most part Jim holds up as a cool guy, interesting lyricist, and a wonderful entertainer who (when sober) plotted his every move with Machiavellian preciseness. He wanted the world and he wanted it now (then), and he got it. Even better, the world got him. Great read, and a very good introduction to the body and work of the Doors. Read Densmore's Riders on the Storm for a different perspective, and then watch Oliver Stone's beautiful (and inaccurate) film, and enjoy them all because they're all great and together provide a 360 degree perspective of a brilliant band's too short recording career. Enjoy.