Freddie Mercury: A Life, In His Own Words

bought as a gift for a queen fan,very happy with this purchase,arrived well packaged and very fast thank you

This a MUST for all Freddie Mercury fans! A legend, that will live on, but one, who will never be able to put pen to paper and produce HIS auto-biography! This is the next best thing. Now, remember, this isn't like reading a biography on Freddie nor is it HIM telling us his life so far, talking about his illness etc. It is a "biography" like no other. It is Freddies' words, through quotes...making up sense to each chapter and year. You don't get to discover anything new about him, nor does he tell a story. As his interviews where elusive and this is a rare collaboration of Freddie, in his own words...as the title says.His quotes build up a peek for the reader into his life, however, he never once discusses his lover from 1984, Jim Hutton, who has sadly passed away. Nor does he even discuss HIV and the fact that he knew he was dying. Unfortunately no-one will know what he thought. I would however recommend "Freddie & Me" by Jim Hutton, which was written at least 15 years ago. That is more intimate for the reader and very poignant and tearful.

She is enjoying the book.

This book was billed as the closest thing to a Freddie Mercury autobiography, and it most certainly is. I've seen him speaking in various footage of Queen interviews over the years. He didn't talk for the sake of it and didn't share as much of himself with the public then as we get to see in this book. Much of it is very personal stuff that such a private person wouldn't go into too much in live interviews. A must read for Queen fans who like me, enjoy biographies. The only reason I gave 4 stars and not 5 is because the chapters seemed a bit all over the place time wise, not being in order of any specific time frame, except maybe later on towards the end, you can feel the end coming. Freddie certainly gave the impression that he knew he wouldn't be around for a long life. Nor did he seem to care. He'd lived his life to the full and enjoyed it. At 70,000 words it's a fairly short book, but full of Freddie's thoughts on his life and music. Recommended read.

Bought this book as used & it’s in excellent condition

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I love Freddy, and the other boys.But this was tedious, repetitious and overly long.Chronologically would have worked far better. Allowing us to see Fred grow and change.As it it's almost impossible to know which Fred we're listening to.Such a pity.

A great read very informative and interesting