Sting, without a doubt, is a very educated man. It shows clearly throughout his autobiography that the man has indeed mastered the English language to its full potential. However, I don’t think I am completely stupid when it comes to English and when I read a book and come across a word that I don’t know, I will look it up in a dictionary. While reading Sting’s book I was forever looking up words. After a while this can get a bit annoying. Yes it’s great that you are intelligent (well he was a teacher), but your book isn’t the easiest read in the world.
It clearly states on the cover that this is not an autobiography in the normal sense as it covers just the author’s childhood up until the start of his huge success with his band The Police. It starts very strangely however, with Sting and his wife Trudie in the Brazilian jungle, being given some potent hallucinogenic juice that makes Sting ramble like a nutcase. I admit to getting a bit lost throughout all this insane rambling, but when he began on his actual childhood memories I got into his story. He writes in detail about his schooling, his first loves, jobs and family. The death of his parents is very moving as is the first meeting of his first wife Francis Tomelty. But I came away from the book feeling cheated as he seemed to rush the ending. His divorce, the appearance of Trudie Styler, and of course his fame, was all condensed into a short chapter, as if he had got bored with writing and just wanted it finished.
I know that there is a lot more to be written on Stings life. His fame, his solo work, his travels and his charity work have yet to be charted and I for one would like to read his thoughts on them. So come on Sting, time to sharpen those pencils and get writing.
Score Board: Good effort 7/10
It clearly states on the cover that this is not an autobiography in the normal sense as it covers just the author’s childhood up until the start of his huge success with his band The Police. It starts very strangely however, with Sting and his wife Trudie in the Brazilian jungle, being given some potent hallucinogenic juice that makes Sting ramble like a nutcase. I admit to getting a bit lost throughout all this insane rambling, but when he began on his actual childhood memories I got into his story. He writes in detail about his schooling, his first loves, jobs and family. The death of his parents is very moving as is the first meeting of his first wife Francis Tomelty. But I came away from the book feeling cheated as he seemed to rush the ending. His divorce, the appearance of Trudie Styler, and of course his fame, was all condensed into a short chapter, as if he had got bored with writing and just wanted it finished.
I know that there is a lot more to be written on Stings life. His fame, his solo work, his travels and his charity work have yet to be charted and I for one would like to read his thoughts on them. So come on Sting, time to sharpen those pencils and get writing.
Score Board: Good effort 7/10
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