Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I love Queen and I adore Freddie but I must say that this particular biography just isn't grabbing my interest. It's just so strangely written that I'm having a hard time getting through it. Phoebe's book gives a more personal look at the MAN who was Freddie Mercury and I couldn't put that one down. I know that this book is a different kind of book than Phoebe's and that would be okay -- but somehow this author has made this story somewhat uninteresting. How do you do that when you are writing about such a fascinating subject as Freddie Mercury??? I don't think Freddie would approve. After all, it was Freddie who said, "Make what you want of my legacy but don't make it boring!" Admittedly, I am not that far into this book. But that's the problem -- I just can't seem to get motivated to keep plowing through it. However it's better than Jim Hutton's book. Hutton attempted to make HIMSELF the hero of Freddie's story while betraying his friend's most intimate secrets in the process. Not to mention, Hutton's horrible, totally unnecessary gossipy details of Freddie's sad death. That kind of behavior is not love. No one who really loves someone would betray them like that. Reading about Freddie is a conundrum...one wants to get to know the real man a bit better but certainly without intruding on such a private man's final, most personal moments. Coming across such disrepectful, gossipy tidbits about someone who was so shy and private in his personal life almost makes me ashamed for reading the danged thing in the first place. Freddie, however, can rest in peace in knowing that nothing the gossips and titallators ever say will take away from the fact that he was (and still is) the greatest showman and most incredible voice in rock history! At least, Lesley-Ann Jones seemed to recognize that. I'm not sure that Hutton did. His behavior after Freddie's death seemed to be more about the loss of his meal ticket. Sorry, that's just my humble opinion from reading the two books.