Killing Yourself to Live (final)

Now that I have finished reading the book, I thought the end was better than the beginning. I still think the whole project of chasing after dead musicians is pretty stupid, it made a bit more sense to me by the end. I found myself arguing with the author throughout the story, mostly about the music in the book. I think Led Zepplean is much better than either the Rolling Stones or the Beatles and I like Free Ride better than Slow Ride but I think the interaction kept me more interested in the story.

As a reader I felt a little left out of the story when he talked about different songs or groups that I had no idea what he was talking about, which was about 60 percent of the time.

The best part of the story for me was when he was talking about Kurt Cobain because I remember when that happened and how sad I felt for him. It always amazes me that people can feel that bad that they have to kill themselves. It was such a waste of a great talent. He just started to show his real potential and Feels Like Teen Spirit will always bring back the day he left us.

He also seemed to jump around the story an awful lot which was sometimes hard to follow. Overall, it was interesting enough that I wanted to finish it, but I wasn't so engrossed in the story that I read it in one day.