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1.0 out of 5 stars
Do NOT buy this book, May 9, 2002
This review is from: Behind Sad Eyes: The Life of George Harrison (Hardcover)
This is one of the worst Beatle books I've ever read. The inaccuracies are shameless. The writing is poor and spotted with grammatical errors. The vision is superficial and doesn't ad one bit to the Beatles story. It is incredible that there is not one good biography of George Harrison. Unfortunately I bought this without waiting for the Beatlefan review of the book. I could have saved the money. If you are a Hard Beatle fan looking for something new and fresh, I recommend buying Beatles Gear here...
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24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
George deserves better, July 20, 2003
This review is from: Behind Sad Eyes: The Life of George Harrison (Hardcover)
This is a mindlessly bad book, I'm only giving it a generous 2 stars because of the chapters on George's solo career. Amazingly, George has yet to attract a quality biographer or someone who will put in diligent research to capture his essence and character. Shapiro conducted one (you read it correctly) interview and has no understanding whatsoever of the Beatles or their incomparable history together. The errors are contiunous throughout, some of the minor, some of the them not, but their collective weight dooms this travesty. Everything in the book up until 1970 is merely re-hashed from previous, superior, Harrison biographies. There's nothing new, no novel analysis, nothing. The same trite stories we've heard since 1963 are repeated, with the mistakes intact. Shapiro does improve somewhat after the Beatles demise and George's solo career is not glossed over. Still, there is an absence of any depth throughout. What did George think of Lennon's assassination, how did that tragic event unfold in George's mind? You'll get no answers here, except to say George was paranoid about his security after 1980. What about George's relationship with Clapton after Eric married Harrison's ex-wife, Pattie? Again, nothing. George Harrison was one-fourth of the greatest musical group in the history of man. That alone makes him a compelling subject, but you'd never know it from reading this dismal book.
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Yeccccccccccccccccccccccccchhhhhhhh........, July 14, 2002
This review is from: Behind Sad Eyes: The Life of George Harrison (Hardcover)
I wrote a review of this book a few weeks ago and it was never posted. I guess I was so harsh the censor trashed it. That in itself should indicate clearly how little I think of this book. I'd give "Behind Sad Eyes" a negative 4 rating if it were allowed. Beyond the odd title--everyone I've mentioned it too assumed it was a book about Pete Townshend--the book is just slapped together. It is filled with factual inaccuracies, it is poorly written and, frankly, it is boring. 'Nuff said.
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