[kibs] Finished: MANHOOD by Terry Crews
- From: Mike <michael@xxxxxxxx>
- To: KIBS Literary Treehouse <kibs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2017 20:00:28 +0000
* Mike wrote on 2017-12-27 21:43 +0000:
Started reading MANHOOD: HOW TO BE A BETTER MAN--OR JUST LIVE WITH ONE
by Terry Crews on 2017-12-25.
Finished today 2017-12-29.
I didn't really enjoy it. I haven't read many biographies, but this one
fell pretty flat for me. The writing was quite pedestrian and could
have really benefited from either a ghost-writer or a brutal editor.
It seems to me that a great biography would be either beautifully
written, filled with relatable, interesting anecdotes (anecdota?), or
deeply moving. This was none of these -- it fell very much on the
"tell" side of things instead of the "show" side. Crews is pretty open
about what he's done, and his past, but goes to great pains to lay out
the philosophy he now lives by. He could have done that just as
effectively without the very linear, somewhat dull recounting of his
life backing it up.
I realise that, as a reader, I'm supposed to see him earn these lessons,
but I didn't feel that was achieved -- the lessons could have been
imparted with about the same effectiveness on their own.
--
MIKE, KIBS Member #2
"Language is to the mind more
than light is to the eye."
-- William Gibson, playwright
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