Amy, 27: Amy Winehouse And The 27 Club (2013) - Plot & Excerpts
Reasonably interesting account of tracking Rock stars on their road to self-destruction. A little bit too much psychoanalysis in trying to trace the roots of the destructive behavior to childhood roots, but overall pretty consistent in identifying the setting of the celebrity culture as a major contributor to their short and tragic lives, all of which ended at age 27. What is also striking is the number of people who were in as bad a denial as the performers and enabled their downfall. I wanted to like this book.Sadly I didn't really like it.I won this book in the giveaways and I was very excited to get it in the mail. I even planned to read it regardless of if I won it or not, I already had it on my hold list at the library.Going into this book I was expecting it to be mostly about Amy. I did understand there would be parts about the other big six, but I was not expecting the amount that there was. The author wrote just as much about the other big six individually as they did on Amy. For Amy's name to be out in front as the title I felt a little mislead.The book did provide a lot of information on all of those in the 27 Club, so if you are looking to hear about the big six then I would recommend this book. I was just looking to read about Amy more then the others.
What do You think about Amy, 27: Amy Winehouse And The 27 Club (2013)?
Meticulously researched and unsentimental.
—cpowell13
