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Eminem: Crossing the Line

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Having just read "Crossing the Line" by Martin Huxley I would like to say, "Don't waste your time!". I'm a huge Em fan and this book told me absolutely nothing that I didn't already know. It appears all the author has done by way of research is watch the same MTV interviews that we all have, and regurgitate Em's lyrics from the CD's. I waited ages for this book to be published, but was really disappointed. The only few pages of the book that are worth looking at are the photos of the man himself.

I didn't like this book much because I already knew most of the things in the book. But I am a huge Eminem fan and there isn't much I don't know. To me it seemed like Martin Huxley just read Rolling Stone and Spin, and watched some mtv interviews and then wrote a whole book. But if your someone who doesn't know much about Eminem, then you may like this book.

Martin Huxley is a brilliant writer. So much so, I looked up online to see if he was related to Aldus Huxley, the brilliant novelist (they're not related). Still, he paints a fabulous and easy to read picture of Emminem. Huxley skips the boring stuff and focuses on how Marshall Mathers grew into the rap mogul superstar hip hopper we know as Emminem. Hard core fans may clammor for more in-depth reporting but I think Huxley manages to stay on that fine line of giving the reader all the important details of Em's life while not getting into the sordid or too-personal details that really aren't the reader's business. I love this book! Long live Emminem, he sure rapped his way into my heart after reading this book!!

I was really disappointed when I got this book. I am a huge Eminem fan, and really wanted to know a little more about his past. However, this book is not the way to go. First of all, the book said that Em was born in 1975, which is not correct. He was born in 72, so right off the bat I know more information about him then this author. So if this author can't even get his DOB right, then how do I know if anything in this book is accurate??? The rest of the information in the book was the basics, pretty much the stuff you already know from his songs and the media. Stick with Angry Blonde. No life information really, but at least you get to see what Em was thinking, in his own words, while writing his music.

It's pretty cool but like the first guy said all this stuff I already knew but the pictures were off the hook but I can't wait till the book "Maxium Eminem" comes out cause I'm a true eminem fan and I always will be cause he keeps it real and I respect him alot for that

This book was not only good it was exiciting... the pictures in this book rock...i am an eminem fan...hard core em fan...i think if you like eminem you must have this book it talks not only about his cd's but his life before he wrote the songs or had a record lable..you know when he was still a nobody singing in clubs...So my review is if you like eminem you must get this book...NOW

I think this Guys a rap genius and this book realy covers a lot of Eminem's personal life and how he's seen through society. Its interesting and well written.

This book was an attempt to make money off of someone who has adoring fans. This book had little if no input from Eminem himself. I just recently bought HIS book, Angry Blonde. If you want the truth from the guy himself, buy that book instead.

You should really get this book if u like Eminem! This is for fans only and once you start reading it you can't get your eyes off of it! I am the biggest Eminem fan! Buy it! ~Jess~

I thought this book was o.k. It really wasn't coming from the mind of Eminem it was coming from what was heard and provided me with some false details. Like his birthday, he was born in 1972 not 1975. So I was disappointed when I read that because I was also doing a report on him for one of my classes and come to find out some of the things I had in my report was wrong. However, than again do not get me wrong I learned some things about him that I did not know like his mother always tried to make him sick and he had no father so do not think the book was horrible. However, if you want to know how he got started in rapping and the hard things he had to go through then this book has it. That is what I thought of crossing the line.