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  • Paperback: 416 pages
  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster (October 18, 2007)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1416583467
  • ISBN-13: 978-1416583462
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2.0 out of 5 starsNot a very good effort at all.............................
By ED on August 20, 2001
Format: Hardcover
OK, so being a huge Madonna fan, I was very excited to receive this book as a birthday gift. However, I have to take issue with the author - a VERY SIGNIFICANT amount of information has been lifted (sometimes word for word) from Matthew Rettenmund's exhaustive and indispensable ENCYCLOPEDIA MADONNICA (every Madonna fan should own THIS book).
I kept thinking as I was reading Taraborrelli's book - 'where did I read this before', and sure enough, Rettenmund was the source. Also, the author replicates conversations Madonna has had with 'sources' or that have been 'overheard' by 'sources' who recall these exact conversations from years past. I don't know about you, but I can barely remember the EXACT words I spoke to my boyfriend yesterday!!
The author's opinions on Madonna's music are amateurish and trite - not worth reading. He speculates on what might Madonna have thought in certain situations - WHATEVER!!! This book is badly written and corny, and does not do its subject justice. Hopefully, Andrew Morton's biography, due out later this year will have a little more credibility. Save your money for that one - I have read a couple of Morton's biographies, and the guy really knows his stuff - and can write coherent chapters!!!
Disappointing effort, to say the least.
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5.0 out of 5 starsLoved it!
By David Kraguklac on August 28, 2001
Format: Hardcover
Am I the only person on earth who doesn't know every little thing about Madonna? Judging from the cynical customer reviews here, I must be. I found this book to be well-researched and very well done. The writer is compassionate, and tells both sides of every story -- not just Madonna's side. In the Sean Penn battering episode, for example, he interviewed Sean and Sean denied it ever happened. Sean says he did not tie her up. That's why Taraborrelli wrote that there are "two sides" to every episode of domestic abuse. This was a great book. I would recommend it to anyone interested in a good read, and one that really explores the life of a woman who everyone seems to know ... but not until reading this book did I really feel I knew her. Read this book!
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4.0 out of 5 starsA Fun Read
By Jim Bagley on September 27, 2003
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Madonna is one of the most successful artists in the history of pop music. A key to her success was her single-minded determination to become a star no matter what it took. Along the way she used a lot of people and bruised a lot of egos. Not surprisingly, many of those whom she stepped on were very willing to talk to Taraborrelli, a modern day Kitty Kelly whose biographies/victims include Diana Ross (the delightfully nasty Call Her Miss Ross) and Michael Jackson (The Magic And The Madness). This makes for quite a fun read.
Taraborelli does a good job of detailing Madonna's turbulent childhood (the loss of her mother, her strained relationship with her father, even the loss of her virginity!?!) but the book really takes off when Madonna goes to New York in 1978 in search of stardom. We are introduced to Camille Barbone, a talent agent who is the unsung heroine in the Madonna story. Camille invests every cent she has into Madonna's career only to be dumped by the Material Girl when she finally secures a recording deal with Warner Brothers. Early on, we also see Madonna go through a series of male musical collaborators who double as lovers, ensuring their professional devotion to her until she moves on to bigger and better things (among them Jellybean "Holiday" Benitez).
As Madonna's career takes off, the men she chooses to date are inevitably celebs themselves. The book is most entertaining in dealing with her many relationships, including hothead first husband Sean Penn, wishy washy JFK Jr. (who dumps Madonna on Mommy's orders), old fart Warren Beatty (as much a user as Madonna), and superfreak Dennis Rodman, who kissed and told about his relationship with Madonna in his own tell-all book (a big no-no in Madonna's world).Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsMadonna: Icon or Iconoclast ??
By Jenny Jacobs :-) on December 31, 2014
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Apart from my all time fav book #GirlBoss (Sophia Amoruso of Nasty Gal vintage) THIS biography about Madonna is one of my most favorite books ever!
I read this book in my crucial med school years when demands of coursework were high as hell and we had to work extra hard,basically all of us were drained and this book helped me overcome that crisis!!Madonna is such a badass gurl and her life is so inspiring and uplifting!(Catholic fundamentalists might disagree with that but they always do,so screw them!!)
J.Randy Taraborrelli is an impressive author and I have read other books written by him,but his works on Madonna (This book) and Michael Jackson are best of them all IMO.Plus Madonna having such a kickass story about her life helped him a lot in making this book very captivating too!
Madonna is an icon,a hero and a legend in her own.No other woman has accomplished as much as she has.She is sharp,funny sarcastic(Thing I adore the most about her) she is basically like a female version of WWE's Stone Cold Steve Austin.
Madonna,with her innovative ideas of pushing the cultural boundaries and sheer talent has captured our harts and minds!!This is important for feminists to have positive icons WITH real merit in this day especially when the movement is critically hijacked and wounded by good for noting creeps like Sandra Fluke and THAT Lena Dunham!!Madonna dared and defied her family's will and came to NYC,initially where she was forced to eat from dumpsters!!She hanged on though on her own and with her immense talent her 1st album became a super success!Many might say Madonna 'slept through' her musical journey to the top!Of course that's totally ridiculous!But the book captures her journey soooo well!Read more ›
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Good but I was hoping for a bit more in depth info on her actual sing-writing or the songs on her album. That would've made the book great.

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4.0 out of 5 starsvery interesting

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Published on December 29, 2003 by Dance Dance Dance
5.0 out of 5 starsPERFECT!!

I wasn't even a Madonna fan until I read this book. Taraborrelli does an INCREDIBLE job and has converted me to Madonna 'fanhood'. Read more

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3.0 out of 5 starsA good biography

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