Crow Talk : The Definitive Guide to Counting Crows

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Summary: Good For The Newbie, So So for the older fan
Review: Don't let my title give you the wrong impression, I will use this book as a reference and now I feel like I know the other memebers of the band a little better because honestly I couldn't tell who was who for a while though I knew all their names. The title is misleading, I wouldn't call it "The Definitive Guide" I mean it's only 100 pages of imformation, and aside from giving me some ideas of boots to look out for it didn't leave with a feeling of "I've learned something" that I've gotten from other books of a similiar nature about different artists. I also understand it's not like the author was able to sit down and talk to everyone involved in depth and personal like, but aside from that it's a good little reference guide. I think it's a bit pricey though considering what you get.

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Summary: A Must Have for All Counting Crows Fans!!
Review: Finally, a book dedicated to the greatest band around--the Counting Crows. The book is detailed and well-organized. This young author has packed a lot of information into one writing! There are lots of different "extras" outside just the band stories (for example, great Counting Crows websites!) If you are a true Counting Crows fan, then you have to have this book for your collection.

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Summary: A Must Have for All Counting Crows Fans!!
Review: Finally, a book dedicated to the greatest band around--the Counting Crows. The book is detailed and well-organized. This young author has packed a lot of information into one writing! There are lots of different "extras" outside just the band stories (for example, great Counting Crows websites!) If you are a true Counting Crows fan, then you have to have this book for your collection.

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Summary: Informative text enhanced with seventeen exclusive photos
Review: Jessica Roop is a dedicated fan of the hit rock band Counting Crows, and in Crow Talk: The Definitive Guide To Counting Crows provides her fellow fans with a complete history of the band from its origins to the present day. Roop covers the band, their albums, live performances, and a wealth of band member facts and anecdotes. The informative text is enhanced with seventeen exclusive, live photographs of the band taken by both professional photographers and fans. Crow Talk is a "must" for all Counting Crows fans and rock music enthusiasts.

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Summary: The only thing as good as the Crows is this biograpy!!
Review: This is an excellent book! It really goes in depth with the life of the members of the Counting Crows. Any fan should own this wonderful biography of this great band. It displays the traumas and the fun times off their career. I am one of the Counting Crows biggest fans, and when I read this book I still learned many things that I had previously did not know...it was acctually suprising to read this amazing book...I hope that this author will extend her writing career, because she is a very great author and she goes into great detail of what you really want to know. I strongly reccommend this book!!

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Summary: Don't Count on it
Review: While the book is an interesting potpouri of miscellani, it lacks insight, cohesion, or interest. And while I see and respect Jessica's love for the Crows, her writing style is very amateur. The book offers little true insight and instead reads more like a statistical yearbook, except that it only shows those statistics most favorable to the Crows. Jessica's occasional semi-poetic personal musings are rather annoying when they are used to fill a page in this sparse book (which, by the way, can hardly be called a biography). If you buy this book, you will probably pick up a couple pieces of trivia about the Crows that you didn't know before. But that's all you'll get. Worth $14? That's for you to decide, but I'd pass.

Rating:
Summary: Don't Count on it
Review: While the book is an interesting potpouri of miscellani, it lacks insight, cohesion, or interest. And while I see and respect Jessica's love for the Crows, her writing style is very amateur. The book offers little true insight and instead reads more like a statistical yearbook, except that it only shows those statistics most favorable to the Crows. Jessica's occasional semi-poetic personal musings are rather annoying when they are used to fill a page in this sparse book (which, by the way, can hardly be called a biography). If you buy this book, you will probably pick up a couple pieces of trivia about the Crows that you didn't know before. But that's all you'll get. Worth $14? That's for you to decide, but I'd pass.