“Through his book, "Moonwalk," Michael Jackson reveals to us an unseen and deeply personal aspect of his journey from boyhood to superstardom. It is sometimes happy, sometimes poignantly sad, very often inspiring. I find it really interesting to read about his approach to creating--and perfecting--music, though it gets tedious if you are unfamiliar with his discography. (Yet why would you read this if that is the case?) It is unfortunate that he had to struggle with many insecurities, and reading about his experiences in this regard pained me. Here was a man who had everything, and yet nothing! Though I could hardly fault Michael for it, reading about his life made me struggle with my own feeling of inconsequence.
In retrospect, many of the words he said seem sadly ironic: he finds no similarity with Elvis, for instance, yet his untimely passing draws many parallels. He says (and I hope this isn't a spoiler), "Often in the past performers have been tragic figures....You feel cheated as a fan that you didn't get to watch them evolve as they grew older." Surely the same can be said of him only two decades later?
I would be lying if I said it was exceptionally written--then again, perhaps that isn't the point. (The narrative was shaped by a ghostwriter, if I may add.) If anything, there is none of the pretentiousness, and the book reads just like an intimate conversation. It does not reveal some things, though that is understandable given how little privacy he had. Definitely a must for any Michael Jackson fan. :)”
moonlitdawn wrote this review Wednesday, December 30, 2009.
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