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       Is This The Real Life? The Untold Story Of Queen - Mark Blake
       By: Chip Date: July 21, 2011, 9:11 pm
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       [CENTER]Is This The Real Life? The Untold Story Of Queen (2011)
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       Is This The Real Life fails to live up to my expectations. Once
       again I fell victim to reading a Biography from someone not in
       the band and paid for it with sheer boredom. The thing about
       books like this, especially coming on the heels of a wide
       assortment of other like-minded Bio's about a group like Queen,
       is that once the well has been tapped, the latest author then
       has the task of coming up with "new" stuff to justify reading
       his book about a band that has be written about countless times.
       This book falls in line with Bon Scott's Bio that I recently
       read. If you checked out that review, then you have a pretty
       good idea of what Real Life is like when it comes to reading a
       bloated book. Too much time is devoted to stuff that Queen fans
       or just readers in general really don't need to know or even
       want to know.
       It's unfortunate that authors feel the need to pad pages and
       make a book bigger than it really is. There is nothing new or
       revealing here. This was a waste of my time.
       I do not recommend this to anyone. Don't believe the hype
       surrounding this book. All the 4-5 Star reviews you may find out
       there in internet-land are from people that will give better
       reviews simply for being a fan of the band. I'm the biggest fan
       here, but even I know a terrible read when I come across one.
       I need to get rid of this bad taste in my mouth and read Queen:
       The Ultimate Illustrated History Of The Crown Kings Of Rock.
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