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Chet Baker: As Though I Had Wings

Chet Baker: As Though I Had Wings

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Rating: 4 stars
Summary: This book should have 2 ratings.
Review: This book should have 2 ratings. One rating for die hard fans (5 stars) and another for those with a casual interest (2 stars). It is a very short book it is padded by using large text and reproducing on every second page Chet's diary entries as the appeared in his note book. It is a nice package but really only for a genuine fan. I greatly enjoyed the book myself but I would be reluctant to reccomend it to the casual reader.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: This book should have 2 ratings.
Review: This book should have 2 ratings. One rating for die hard fans (5 stars) and another for those with a casual interest (2 stars). It is a very short book it is padded by using large text and reproducing on every second page Chet's diary entries as the appeared in his note book. It is a nice package but really only for a genuine fan. I greatly enjoyed the book myself but I would be reluctant to reccomend it to the casual reader.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: it is the way it ought to be
Review: this wasn't written with a target audience in mind. It is not an autobiography after all. A reader who expects Baker to retroactively, posthumously, glamorize his life is not going to find that here. It is a simple subtle breakdown of experiences a memoir, not a confession or pledge of allegiance. It reads quick, its a poignant little piece sprinkled with occasional glimpses of pleasure but, as within most lives, insight doesn't typically employ a formula. That didn't bother me a bit. Its just the nature of this little sliver of reading experience. And its good!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: it is the way it ought to be
Review: this wasn't written with a target audience in mind. It is not an autobiography after all. A reader who expects Baker to retroactively, posthumously, glamorize his life is not going to find that here. It is a simple subtle breakdown of experiences a memoir, not a confession or pledge of allegiance. It reads quick, its a poignant little piece sprinkled with occasional glimpses of pleasure but, as within most lives, insight doesn't typically employ a formula. That didn't bother me a bit. Its just the nature of this little sliver of reading experience. And its good!


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