Me by Elton John

THIS WAS ONE OF IF NOT THE BEST MEMOIRS I HAVE EVER READ!!!!
It was exactly what you would expect and want from Elton John. It is campy, filled with over top stories, heartfelt, beautiful, musical, but not at all trashy. If you are looking for one of those nasty celebrity tell-alls filled with mean gossip and ragging on others or with lots of nasty and revealing for the sake of shock value then this is not the book for you.

If you want to read a refreshingly honest story of someone's life where they don't sugar coat it or try to make themselves look better than they are then you have come to the right book.

I loved Elton before this but now I LOVE him. I admire him and find him charming and smart and funny and talented and just so lovely and real.

His struggle with drugs, alcohol, and food addiction is no joke, it was pretty heavy and serious but he tells about how hard and ugly it is with grace and humor.

This also is not a sex book. There is talk of sex of course but it isn't a graphic glimpse into the bed of Elton. For someone who has spent their entire adult life making a name for themselves being flashy and over the top this book is dignified and, well, normal for lack of a better word. He tells what he wants to share and hold back what he wants to keep private but you still end up feeling like you walked in his garden with him as a confidant.

This was exactly what I needed to get over my book hangover after finishing The Arc of a Scythe trilogy!

(Finished Nov. 12, 2019)