Moon Walk by Michael Jackson Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Moon Walk
Book Review: A Must Have!
Summary: 3 Stars
For die-hard Michael Jackson fans this is without a doubt the number one must have. I loved it! Even though he dosn't get into detail about alot of well documented rumours and controversies, it is still a good read.
Michael jackson deffinately sugar-coats the majority of issues surrouding the King of Pop. Even though this is supposed to be the tell-all auto-biography the world had been waiting for, it fails to put to rest all the tabloid garbage. He only lightly touches on the 'good stuff'.
Overall this book isn't the one you should get if you want to know the truth, but it is worth while. Even if its just for the fact he wrote it himself (sort of).
Book Review: A Peek Into Michael's Mind at age 30
Summary: 4 Stars
I enjoyed getting some insight into how Michael Jackson thinks (creatively) and feels (intensely). Although maybe not completely truthful, I did get the feeling that he was being fully honest. Just as two people can walk away with two distinct impressions of the same event, Michael opened up as much as could be expected as someone talking to an acquaintance about some intensely personal moments of the previous 25 years. Some protective veils come in now and then, and some twisting of truths of what he wished would have been. But overall an interesting look at the man who had such a huge impact on pop music.Book Review: A fun read...
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a fun read, from Michael, himself. The only qualms I have with it were a few editing glitches (which surprised me, because it was edited by Jackie O.)... These made some of the time-lines confusing, where Michael was jumping back and forth describing his career. There is a definite break once he talks about venturing into a solo career. The book takes on a different feeling, much of it having to do with Michael's sense of responsibility to his family, and being lost to his own personal needs (whatever those are). Michael was very inhibited when it came to girls, and still a virgin, as far as I can tell, into his 20's.
Also, many of the photographs weren't labeled. Some of the photos of "famous" people I barely recognized, only because I grew up with Michael Jackson. Others, I wish had been labeled with the names of his brothers, so I could tell who they all were. They were all intensely handsome young men!
But this is a book about Michael. As I got deeper into it, I was beginning to feel that Michael was seeing himself not just as the King of Pop, but the King of the Universe. No wonder he is so lonely! On that note, Michael stays on the surface with the events of his childhood and career, not really getting too heavily into describing his deeper feelings at all. So the intense focus on "self" seems to show how much of Michael's life has been a process of privilege and entitlement, simply due to his talent and willingness to perform from the age of 5. And this was very sad to me.
At the end of the book Michael states he wants very much to get at the truth of himself, and to share that truth with his fans. I didn't feel him succeed. From the time he was a little kid, Michael was coached by his dad and by managers to keep quiet about a lot of things. Blanketing the truth, withholding information from people (like your mother) and keeping silent about what happens on the road are the prices to be paid when you're a child star. You are rewarded and hurt at the same time, You begin to think that this is a normal lifestyle in order to achieve fame. These are the "truths" I got from reading Michael's book.
For the full truth on Michael, we have to go to other books about him to learn. From this one, you'll learn that Michael has always been a passionate performer; he has a great sense of fun and compassion; he loves to study other people who are like this; he loves animals and kids. Yes, he talks about his surgeries and decision to be a vegetarian, so he could watch his weight and feel great, looking as dynamic as he did when this book was written at the age of 29. Michael loves Mexican food. Those were some great tips for my own vegetarian diet, too!
I wish him happiness and have a respectful appreciation of this gifted guy, whose albums I will always listen to, and who, in my mind, will always be the King of Pop.
Thank you for all the years of music, fun and dancing you have shared with us, Michael. God Bless!
Book Review: Beautiful. Absolutely Beautiful.
Summary: 5 Stars
One of the most treasured Michael Jackson memorabilia I own. Shows a different side of Michael. Too bad I couldn't have received this before his untimely death.
Rest In Peace, Michael.
Book Review: Excellent
Summary: 5 Stars
It's a biography and I love it! An excellent book, that catches your attention from the start to the end.