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31 of 31 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Great for die hard Stevie fans only, July 6, 2000
If you are a long time fan of Stevie Nicks, or are just discovering her and trying to get your hands on anything you can about her, then go ahead and buy this book. If you could care less about how many photos you have of Ms. Nicks, then this book is a definite pass.The photos are great, but the actual publication of the book could have been better. Some of the illustrations and page set-ups are rather "cheesy" (for lack of a better word)...and in my opinion, if you are going to publish a book with such little text, you should do more research and make sure that text is correct, instead of reaching to find anything to support your claim.For example, this book is based on Stevie's mysticism, and believe me, EVERYTHING is done to bring this out in the book. For example, they have the words to "Gold Dust Woman" as "Hail shadow of a woman/Hail shadow of a dragon" when the words in reality are "Pale shadow of a woman/Pale shadow of a dragon"...then it goes on to explain how Stevie might have slipped here with bringing out spirits...C'mon now, we know better...Stevie has said herself that "Gold Dust Woman" is about the drug/cocaine addictions, not about raising some dead witch from the grave to help her cast her spells...Christine's "affair with mysticism" is also thrown in for good measure, and I KNOW we know better on this one...I say stick to the facts and people will find you more credible - even if it is a book just based on photos...
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Don't even bother, June 7, 2002
This book has less information than your average Stevie Nicks fan site. It is a waste of money. Very little information, just a lot of rambling about Stevie's mystical yearnings, most of which are assumed by the writer. Almost no biographical information. The book itself, and the photos, are poor quality, very inexpensively done. They put the worst photo of Stevie they could find on the cover. Go figure. The whole book yammers on about Stevie's mystical vision, in a sophomoric manner. I'd be embarrassed to say I was the author. As it is I'm embarrassed that I purchased it.
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18 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Nice collection for a Stevie fan., January 29, 2000
This book was good, I received it for Christmas..I wasn't expecting to focus so much on Stevie's mystical side although, as much as it did. THe photos are wonderful, but the info is a little off..Like the interpretation of the ending of GOLD DUST WOMAN..its "Pale shadow of a woman" not "hail shadow of a woman" that made Stevie sound like a witch, which she isn't, casting spells through her songs, which she doesn't! It was worth a read though, but just not enough core info. I like the book, but the photos are the highlight, there are some GOOD ones in there.
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