Without You: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and the Musical Rent by Anthony Rapp Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Without You: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and the Musical Rent
Book Review: An emotional read
Summary: 5 Stars
I purchased the book thinking that it would be another memoir about being in a show. "Without You" is so much more than that. Rapp talks about RENT, but the book focuses mainly on his struggle with his mother's cancer--his need to have her accept him (and his homosexuality) before she passed away. A very emotional book, well-written and vivid.Book Review: A Great Book
Summary: 5 Stars
I think this is a great book. It's well-written and emotional. It's a fairly quick read and is better understood if you are familiar with the plot of Rent.Book Review: Fabulous!
Summary: 5 Stars
I purchased this book, along with "RENT" for my daughter's 8th grade graduation, as we are RENT addicts. We love it all. She has now read this book as her requirement for her Summer Reading list for High School - one of which needed to be a biography/autobiography. We were very taken by the story of Anthony Rapp, about his "coming out" to his beloved Mom, whom he later lost - and all that surrounds this compelling story about Love and Loss. There are important lessons here for everyone, and I felt my adolescent age daughter could appreciate these lessons and issues we all face at different times in our lives. I look forward to other works by Anthony Rapp and wish him, as well as other RENT cast members, who have contributed to our love and understanding of an important segment of our current society.
Book Review: Touching
Summary: 4 Stars
I'm a Renthead so I was so excited to read this book. I was a little disappointed at first because I found parts of it a little boring. But ultimately I got sucked into Anthony's story and really felt for the losses he had to endure.
Worth a read.
Book Review: Rent fans Beware!!!
Summary: 2 Stars
Somewhat hard to follow . . . Had its good and bad moments. Hated that Rapp jumped around, talking about his fame during Rent, his childhood and then back to Rent. Went into graphic details about his sexual life. Very touching moments about his mother and her battle with cancer and the tragic sudden death of Jonathan Larson.