I enjoy the reading, I really did. I didn't put it down even once. If I had something fixed would be the ending, I'd have gone for a better closer.
*SPOILER ALERT*He places himself as the guy next door guy, he's not a rockstar here. There were moments when I felt it was "Scott talking" but there were also a few where it didn't seem like.
The book does not lack of "insight", it's just hidden. You don't have paragraph of it, just lines... you know the kind of lines Scott tends to throw in "If things get dark or things seem dark, there's always the other side. Just like the stock market" kind of thing. Again not as much as I wish but probably they will pop up with a second reading.
Honestly, I did not expect a detailed memoir, I knew he wouldn't open up that much with a bunch of strangers. Because he's not telling the rockstar story, he's being really personal. We half know Scott, enough to figure out he's not that kind of guy. And also this way he could write another book later
I like the way it is written. There are not "chapters", it's like a movie. Everything happens at the same time, and not everything finishes... (like the stripper anecdote, that part was a WTF? so what? haha) He warned you about these holes at the beginning.
The way he approaches religion was very touching. Maybe you have to be catholic to get it, don't know. I am but with my own rules not Church's, if that makes any sense. The way he described it as "no judging and no punishment" is exactly how I always felt it. Feeling him so attached to it after so much shit he's been through was a bit of inspirational for someone who has recently lost much of the faith.
I must say those who wanted to read more about the raping stuff are being kinda selfish. And while we indeed are getting a product (the book or even Scott Weiland himself) that HAS to please us, we can't ignore the fact that there's a man behind and that shit was heavy. I never understood why people think that if they talk about what happened they'll feel better. What Stern did was no good.
When he started talking about No4 songs, I thought finally I'm gonna get my Atlanta theory confirmed...didn't. Good move of him I guess. That song has always saved some mystery.
It was nice to get what LPS is about. I didn't know that, probably missed it.
What I found quite revealing was the way he and Mary were diagnosed with bi-polar (Did not read Mary's book, I'm on it right now). Going together with the same doctor, an specialist in the theme (he sees the disease everywhere), getting test together, isn't it too obvious they were going to get the same result? (just a thought, this is a ground I know nothing about)
The story that opens up the book was a GREAT choice. It's like different elements of it repeat themselves along the book over and over. Intentional or coincidence, it worked. And it's a pretty random story, that why I think it was perfect.
I found it very honest, he's not afraid of telling he liked Talk show and AoA not succeeding, that No4 was a "cash in", that VR started for the money being Mary more into it than him (apparently), that he still resents what STP guys said when they had to cancel Tiny tour, etc.
And found all the pictures adorable
Some of the sketchbook pages are familiar
I am definitely getting a different view than most of you, does it have to do with the fact it takes me twice the time to read one page? maybe... Or maybe I read too much between lines, I tend to, I like it
I still can't believe I got my book on the 17th! Craaaaaaaaaazy.
