Rob Sheffield

Subtitled “The Love Story of One Band and the Whole World” I was expecting this to provide insights into the Fab Four’s cross-cultural international appeal.

It isn’t that. In fact it’s the exact opposite in that it’s a personal reflection of one individual’s relationship with The Beatles and their music.

Rolling Stone writer and music critic Rob Sheffield uses Beatle songs, albums, and Beatles moments as springboards for a series of stream of conciseness essays that come together to provide a loose history of the band and its ongoing legacy. As a personal account Sheffield makes several remarks that you may not agree with (he clearly does not like Paul), as well as some insightful observations that will get you nodding your head.

The style is very conversational and flows well. It was almost a single sitting read for me (my flight home needed to be just 30 minutes longer).

Perhaps the best summary of this book comes it’s final chapter “The Beatles story keeps taking new turns on the personal level as well as the public one.”… (más)

This was another brilliant book that I had the pleasure of reading this month. Rob Sheffield tells the story of the love and loss of his late wife. The back cover says something about it being both forlorn and funny at the same time, and I have to agree. It captures the essence of both your 20s and the 90s very well. Sheffield’s prose is really the shining star of the text. It elevates the mundane to entertaining and elevates the poignant to incredible. It does what so many memoirs seek to do.

4.
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