Rating: Summary: Aaliyah wasn't one in a million, she was the one and only! Review: First off I want to say that I know the devastation that's being felt right now with the loss of Aaliyah. As a music inspiration, Aaliyah showed the world what she had to offer. Her music, her talent, HER SOUL. She was a truly beautiful woman.This book was a great griefing method for me to accept what happend. It was written very insightfully. It talked about her career in both acting and music, her family, friends, and fans, and just the way Aaliyah touched us on this earth. Easily said, this book was just what an Aaliyah fan would like. As one myself, the book touched me deeply. Aaliyah's spirit and soul will live on forever. God Bless!
Rating: Summary: wonderfull book about a wonderful star Review: I think all r&b music fans can agree that aaliyahs death was a tradegy. She will be greatly missed. It was obvious there would be plenty of tributes and books for her. The first and best aaliyah book is More than a woman by Christopher John Farley. Wonderfully written and put together. Great pictures too. Only thing is the cursing here and there not a major problem but MF word comes up a few times. But simply a fantastic book. I learned some things i never knew.You will basicly learn about her life her music movies friends family and even about the music industry in general. The perfect book for the ultimate aaliyah fan. RIP
Rating: Summary: GOOD.BUT OFF TOPIC TO MUCH AND LOSING INTEREST Review: I like the book but it goes off topic to much.For example ,Chapter 9 which is about Aaliyah and Damon Dash it talks about other people alot and a little about them.How Rocafella got started,Bad Boy,etc....,The type of money they were making.He talked about Aaliyah and Damon for like ,at the most ,4 pages and the chapter was more than 15 pages.It was suspose to be a love story of the 2 but it wasn't.Beyonce is more in that chapter than Damon and he is in the headline title.He talks about every thing except what he was suspose to be talking about.It seems like he was trying to go around the topic but still put it in the book.Another example is at the end,where he suspose to be talking about the MTV Music Award,the tribute to Aaliyah, and he starts talking about what he seen,like I want to know about Busta Rhymes.I'm going to take a little bit of the story from the book, he's says:"On my way in,I saw Busta Rhymes going past the ticket-takers with a four-member posse in tow[somehow I imagined Busta with a much bigger posse].A few moments later I nearly ran into Jon Bon Jovi in the hallway wearing a big cowboy hat[he's bigger than you might expect,but then again that might have been the hat].This book gives you an personal look on Aaliyah peers.If you like P.diddy etc..,you can get a little bio on him.It talks about Aaliyah , may be some things you didnt know ,but everytime I got into it he would talk about someone else for paragraphs sometimes pages.He had me turing pages to get back to the topic of Aaliyah.Oueen of the Damned wasn't one of the best movies of all time ,I would REWIND the movie to get to the part with Aaliyah,because the other parts wasn't just that worthy like the book.I took Aaliyah serious as an actress even though the movie wasnt all that she played her part the best.AALIYAH your still the hottest star ever and always will be.
Rating: Summary: Touching on all levels Review: Aaliyah really didn't mean much to me as an artist while she was alive. However, as soon as 'More than a woman' (The song) was released, i was caught onto her musical charm that got her to the top of the charts each and everytime. After i had her album 'I care for U', i just had to learn more about her. So that is when i brought Aaliyah: More than a woman. As soon i read the first word, i was hooked, just as i was with her music. Christopher John Farley, the author, often went off to explan various things in the book. For example, chapter 9, he talked about Damon Dash, her one true love in her final months of her life. Half of this chapter talked about Roc-a-Fella. I didn't see what this had to do with the late singer, but after i had finished the book (It took me 2 days to read it all) i had relalised that he was going into the finer details of all things that surounded her life. I'm giving this book 5 stars, as it is what my title says...Touching on all levels. The ending of the book is simple, a quote from the late singer herself. I had many emotions while reading this story of her life, sadness, happyness, but one thing i did see, is that she truly was an angel, and God did what her closer to his soul. R.I.P Aaliyah.
Rating: Summary: WOW Review: Well being from Australia myself,... Aaliyah wasnt known at all.. unless you bought the imported rap and r&b mags which were $12.00 each which is really expensive...She only became famous when "Romeo must die"but anyways i always loved the way she sang her songs with such meaning..even thou she didnt write the songs she put them down good. This book is amazing how the author goes into her child hood and explains how she grew into the woman she became... I have never ever in my life heard of a famous person ever being soooo nice to people and wanting to make the fan feel like the star.. It must be true huh? That the good ones die young! This is truely a fantastic read!
Rating: Summary: R.I.P. Baby Girl Review: Aaliyah is a young woman that was in the music business. Her impressive debut at the age of 14 with album Age Isn't Nothing But A Number. Aaliyah was very smart and she was always happy. She also loved to singing and dancing. She played and a couple of movies. Aaliyah had secretly became engaged to Damon Dash. Soon after Aaliyah released her third album, Aaliyah life tragically cut short in a plan crash. Saturday, August25, 2001. Yes, I liked the book, Aaliyah (more than a woman). Because Aaliyah was one of my favorite girl singers. I thought that she had a beautiful voice. Her songs weren't always about sex, killing each other. It was about love and happiness. Her music touched everyone in different places. I also liked it because I learned more things about her and her life. I think Aaliyah was a very talented young lady. And it wasn't her time to leave. The author Christopher John Farley did a good job writing the biography on Aaliyah. It was also a great opportunity for people who didn't know her. Plus it was a great look on how hard it will be to make it in the music industry. This book had captured my attention as a reader and a young lady. That' why I think others should read this book because it will catch your attention. Maybe you will learn more about Aaliyah Dana Haughton.
Rating: Summary: Terrible.. Review: I am a big Aaliyah fan, but when I got to the end of this book, I was dissapointed. The book kept going off topic to discuss the lives of Aaliyah's family, her producers, artists she collaborated with, and other artists. And that got really annoying. I bought the book to read about Aaliyah, not the lives of people she was involved with. When I was reading it, I couldn't help but wonder if this was a 5th grader writng this, because it was just awful. Watch VH1's Behind The Music Episode for a good Aaliyah profile.
Rating: Summary: Aaliyah Review: I thought this book helped me to remember the type of person Aaliyah really was, but the book really didn't give new insights on how she lived her life. It was just the same old story that MTV, ETV, and VH1 were telling. But I do like hearing what the other stars have to say about the death of Aaliyah. I wish the book had been more specific about the day that she died. Fans such as myself already realize how good of a person she was, I just wish people who really weren't into her music to know and come to understand why everyone was deeply hurt to hear that she died. The way the book was written, you might as well have had one of the fans write it. Maybe one of us could have told the story better.
Rating: Summary: R.I.P Aaliyah Review: My Music Firden Aalyiah Hougton has'nt been a music super-star but in the way in life I did have the book but R.I.P Aaliyah.
Rating: Summary: Aaliyah: "A Legend or Mystery?" Review: After reading the book, I thought it was nice that someone decided to write about her. Her life was a mystery since she never shared much of her life with the public. A lot of the things mentioned in the book were the same as her documentary on the VH1 and E Hollywood channel. I didn't know much about Aaliyah until hearing of her death. I learn more from watching from a television than a book. (I DONT LIKE TO READ) But one point that I found interesting in the book was that there was other famous stars that perished in plane crashes. There's not much to say about the book especially if you already know this much about Aaliyah.
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