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Kylie: La La La

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I found this book to be really interesting except for the fact that every now and then the co-writer 'Willian Baker' would talk more about himself than kylie, more about his super hero 'Boy George' than Kylie and reveal anecdotes of his adolescence that really aren't to the point. If we wanted to read a review on William Baker or Boy George, we would have bought their own autobiographies but we bought one called 'KYLIE : La la la' and expect it to be about her. I thought the parts she wrote were most interesting and I loved the pictures. This book is done tastefully and isn't the smut that some have blasted it to be. I live in Australia and the cover of my copy is different but the content is all the same. It's a fantastic testament to her career and really shows in visual form the history that has been her performing life so far. A great companion to any album or concert release, I found it most interesting and I good read.

I bought this book hoping to gain an insight into the international pop icon that is Kylie Minogue, but left it learning more about how many sequins were sewn onto her stage costumes. Author William Baker set out to explain Kylie's appeal, but has focused mainly on fashion and imagery leaving me slightly disappointed.

The design of this book is also lacklustre in some places with brightly coloured text in the notoriously hard-to-read font 'Courier' set on top of full-colour, busy photographs. There were several pages that were unreadable because of this, with other pages causing some eye strain. Yes, it looks modern, but it's hardly functional. Perhaps the design team knew that the text needn't have been read and thus implored more stylistic typographic styles.

What made me give this book three stars was all the great pictures of Kylie, which are sure to delight her fans.

This book is great; lots of photos and behind-the-scenes views of Kylie's life and especially her tours. While it is nice to hear her address her feelings on topics such as the "Impossible Princess" album and her SAW years, it is not the tell-all autobiography many had hoped it would be. Kylie does offer insights here and there, but she states early in the book that she's not ready to write an autobiography yet. For example, she barely mentions her relationship with Michael Hutchence.

My only real gripes with this book are that sometimes the text is really difficult to read with the color combinations that were chosen, and that William Baker, who wrote much of the book, injects too much of his own autobiographical information. I know that for part of it, he is trying to establish his credentials as a fashion consultant or whatever he is, but it comes off as incredibly self-absorbed a lot of the time. Quite frankly, I'm surprised that Kylie, as the star of the book, allowed that to happen. I would have given it only 4 1/2 stars if that were possible, but I rounded it up to 5 to be fair.

These are minor complaints however...it really is a great book. I had to go watch my Kylie Tour DVDs again after reading the it, taking into account all the tidbits I had learned about what went on. Plus, the photograph collection really is amazing. Looking through the pictures that chronicle her evolution over the years, it is really easy to see why some call her "The Australian Madonna" here in the States. No Kylie fan should pass this book up!

Unfortunately this is more of the same on the lines of the first book. It really is a retread of everything that you already knew about Ms Minogue, and she has to be desperate to keep flogging expensive books like this about herself on to the market all the time. The book is an exercise in self-indulgence and she really is NOT the "cultural force" that she is commonly made out to be here, the pictures are nothing special, the writing is stupid and yes v. self indulgent!
....I don't think many people even care for the subject, it fails to break new ground and its just another retrospective of her career...BORING!!! it fails in every aspect as its a subject that holds very little interest, all comes to mind is that Kylie as an artist and entertainer and producer and songwriter and any insight into the motivation behind her fulfilling these roles is very under represented
....Kylie should hang up that microphone and become a glamour model instead, 'cause there's more interest in her arse these days than her ability to craft a well written song.