First things first I am a huge BNL fan, and so a book like this would always right highly with me, but I believe it thoroughly deserves five stars.
The book basically tells the history of BNL right from the beginning of each members lives up to releasing Maroon. It truly was an incredibly interesting read, especially learning about all the coincidences that actually bought BNL together. When reading these, you will know doubt think like me and the author, that it had to be fate that brought this band together, as there really is that many coincidences.
It tells of the struggles that Steve and Ed had all the way back at the start to get people to notice them. The book also shows how passionate, Steve especially, is about his music, as he remembers how upset he got after a certain performance that is explained in the book.
It also tells of the back story of Andy and Jim, which i found very informative, as i really didn't know much about Andy because of his departure in 1994. I would never have thought of Jim as athletic, but as the book explains he very nearly became a professional 100m sprinter, but an injury spoilt this dream, and so he concentrated a lot more on his music (yet another of the coincidences that brought the band closer to forming).
There's constant humour throughout the book, with Tyler making some very funny comments, but also the author, Paul Myers, is quite a funny man himself, and so some of the remarks he makes can really make you laugh.
It's not all humour though, with a very emotional section with Kevin talking about his struggle with Leukaemia. He talks about his feelings of when he discovered that he had it, and about the reactions of the rest of the band when he told them. The band talk about how they supported Kev throughout this time, and they're delight when they discovered that he'd beaten it and was on the mend. This section to me, just shows what a close group the guys are and how they treat each other as family.
Highlights of this book for me was just learning more about the history of each of the members, and also a very shocking revelation about the recording of 'The king of the bedside manner' which i wouldn't want to spoil for you.
Only slight negatives in my opinion was that because it was written by an American author, some words are used in the American sense of the word e.g. cell phone instead of mobile phone. But this is only a slight negative, and wasn't anywhere near enough to spoil probably the best book i have ever read. ABSOLUTELY CRUCIAL FOR ANY TRUE BNL FAN!!!!!
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