Uninspired, irrelevant, outmoded, and pathetic nonsense from the man who could never promise any more.
596034
I really won't waste time being colourful. Steve Harvey is stupid. He's very stupid. He's incredibly stupid. Anyone who thinks he's funny is doomed to being stupid.
3150461
My expectation was that this book would be humorous in the way of Scott Adams.  It was largely humorless and somewhat pathetic.  Mr. Lyons was a comfortable member of the media elite who knowingly and intentionally worked for a large national magazine which he knew was hugely unprofitable and likely to fail.  When his cheese was finally moved he acted like the last passenger aboard the Titanic who discovers all of the life boats are gone.

His final lifeline was to work for industry which has to make money, honestly or dishonestly.  At first because of necessity and then due to greed, Mr. Lyons labored for years in a company whose employees he didn't like or respect, for management he didn't like or respect, that made products he didn't like or respect.  He blames them.  He stayed because he thought he would cash in stock options when the company went public.  He did but really not much.  At least he got to write a book about the steadily depressing, Low down mind messing, Working at the start up blues.
1301529
Useless, reminds me of someone who talks and talks and says very little.  Every thing he says can be said in 140 characters.
216099
Wow. Having worked for Bill for the better part of two decades, when I saw this book, I thought "Oh great!", thinking maybe there might be another well-penned tome about the Boss. Sadly, this piece of crap makes anything written by sham-author Kitty Kelley look like a Pulitzer.

Glatt's "quotes" that aren't spun, twisted, or completely rewritten are from less than knowledgeable persons (anyone who knows the Stones notices Wyman is NOT who you talk to about their business and neither Mick or Keith corroborated this trash in Greenfield's bio) or suspect (ex-wives?  really?).

Do not call this hack a journalistic investigator. Ironic that he wrote this book after Bill died. Because he knows he'd have been sued or thoroughly discredited had he written it when Bill was alive. Clearly written for the lowest common denominator by one of their own, purchasing this does not give you one accurate idea of Bill's life, or how he helped to create the live music industry, which sadly is far less with him no longer here to set the standard. It simply labels the purchaser as one huge loser, simil;ar to the author.
2817213
I stopped reading this book after 50 pages.  It is so boringly formulaic and the writing is so poor that I could not continue.

The book is full of nonsense platitudes like "and he knew that he alone had the secret that would make him incalculably powerful"  or junk like "he rushed into the Atrium, maneuvering his six-foot-three body with agility, glancing back just once to catch a glimpse of yadda yadda" or "he knew that all his preparation would soon pay off in a way that no one in the world could have predicted or would ever know"

It's full of people running.  Chases.  Chapters ending with sentences like "all would soon become clear"  and "he knew that his next step would determine whether he lived or died"

It's cotton candy reading.  Ernest Hemingway this isn't.  It's as if Bart Simpson wrote a novel.  It's Dante's Inferno without Dante or the Inferno, just leaving me in hell.
4819483
Jon Acuff is 'that guy'.  Yes, I said it.  The guy who has no talent or life experience (or perception thereof), yet somehow manages through blind luck and/or handed-down connections to bumble his way into popularity.  This shows in his work, clearly; endless blogging stories that boast how great he is at 'this' or 'that', and deliver no substance or value to the reader.  This my friends, is what we call a wanker.  I want my $15 back!
307521
The author's self-serving bio, "qualifying" him as someone in a position to "teach" communication skills is based upon more than a small amount of selective memory--well actually, straight up lies. His palavering, radio dj-worthy content is not worth comment.
He has three children, as well as five grandchildren, from a previous marriage, with whom he has had, literally, no communication, "successful" or otherwise, in over thirty years.

His delusions and narcissism, as well as an apparently pathological reinvention of the facts of his own life could be a study in itself, if it even merited that much attention.

Whatever help a reader may be seeking in trying to learn true communication skills, it will not be found in this sad little self-published missive.
1655322
I once worshiped at the throne of 'the kid'. We are from the same home town. He was once on quite an uphill track. Each album was superior to it's predecessor. He seemed to reach his commercial and creative pinnacle with Marti Frederiksen, on Long Time Coming. Since then, he has abandoned all aspects of what his root fan base loved about him from the beginning.  LONG GONE are the catchy hooks, hot leads and blues soaked story lines of his songs. Even his live shows are a real disappointment. He has an amazing band behind him, but his playing is disjointed, meandering and frankly, boring. It almost seems like he forgot how to play the guitar. Jonny could be every bit as commercially successful as Joe Bonamassa. Instead, he is killing his career with a complete disassociation with the very style of music that MADE him famous. It boggles the mind.
2216608
This is a self agrandizing account of a man with a boring life who assumes that everyone else will care.  They really do not.
4335201
Poorly written, his agenda of validating his utterly cowardly actions seeps through on every page. Admittedly I didn't / couldn't finish it. Even owning the book made my fell slimy. Went into the trash. Just crap from a coward......
3206745
This author misses the mark completely.  His account gives none of the day to day feel of the misery and discomfort of living in the field in Vietnam and putting life on the line every day.  His recollections are so stale and  based on one line journal entrys that they never live up to the promise.  I  was sorry to see him fall in to the I "I was the best" trap that  so many first hand accounts fall into. He clearly wasn't the best, nor was  his platoon any better than most.  His glee at hearing that a Col who  chewed him out for getting too many men blown up in a booby trap had been  shot down and seriously injured was, to say the least, morbid!  They are  too many good first hand accounts available to waste time on this one.
4405147
Sonny Liston was without a doubt, one of the most interesting stories in boxing history. He was mean, tough and just a genuine badass. Moreover, he had mob connections and a truly strange past. However, reading this book you would not get such a fascinating portrait of him. Instead, you will get fifty pages of his family tree and other unnecessary and un-entertaining info. I cannot describe in words how much I hated this book. This guy took an enigmatic icon and buried him under page and page of trivial nonsense, which did nothing more than demonstrate the tedious writing style of a pompous twit. Sonny, you deserved better.
723281
This collection of words on paper is absolute garbage - A book about monogamy written by a man-baby who does not understand love. The word is literally used twice in the first 135 pages (I counted.) This fool wrote a book about love and doesnt even understand the concept. Sex, lust, self-affirmation, trust, companionship all these tangential issues get tossed about and explored, though the authors vocabulary is incomplete and inexperienced. Would one trust a blind-mans opinion of a painting? Same idea here from this egotistic philanderer.

Readers should understand the backdrop of this work: The book is written by a millionaire rock-n-roll Malibu journalist who is having intimacy issues with his Mexican supermodel girlfriend who is decades younger than him. Hmmm The only person wondering why any of this is an issue is the moron himself, who then proceeds to drag the reader through hundreds of pages of inane self-help and sex fantasies in his purported quest for the truth. This dork is so full of himself that he binds the book in white leather as a faux Bible.

The work is not interesting, provocative, intelligent or humorous. Its definitely long, boring, unfocused and redundant. And given its misplaced knowledge-base, it arguably makes the more susceptible and ignorant readers all the dumber from its vapid revelations.

The book is not an objective overview and analysis of an intriguing subject, but is more akin to a memoir penned by a self-absorbed imbecile filming a vlog on their selfie-stick. Ive ready many bad books in my time, but few are as infuriatingly stupid and anger-inducing as this one.
4370410
This book was useless babble. So I did more research on his life. Not shockingly, I found he was guilty of credit card fraud, sued by the FTC and settled for 500,000 because of misleading claims and agreeing to only promote future books he authored. Was in jail a few times just within the past month for not paying his penalties. And he filed bankruptcy earlier this year. That's just the beginning. His life is more interesting than his book of nothing.
226560
I did buy this and boy was I disappointed. It looks good, that's why I ordered it, but its really just a "pamphlet", (book size is 4"x6") and if it was sold at the gas station, I might pay $2 for it, on an impulse buy, but I would still feel ripped off.

First, there's nothing groundbreaking or inciteful.  It's basically, this guys BLOG and his personal collection of historical quotes, mixed with his personal views.

If I had read his blog, I may have thought "hmmm" or maybe just "meh", but nothing, and I mean nothing printed in this 52 page pamphlet is thought provoking or even interesting.  I read it cover to cover in about 20 minutes.

And then threw it in the trash. (with the rest of the generic religious propoganda, i.e. Watchtower)

I gave him one star for having the where with all to get his opinion published, but he could have done that for free on the web.

Never again will I purchase anything this guy has written.
1939247
probably one of the most sub-moronic people in existence. What a stupid individual. He recounts all the moronic things he did with a naturalness that is hard to believe, ah ah.

'Overture 1383' is just a number he took from a beer can....superlame guy passed off as a great artists by people who don't know anything about music. But, you have to give him credit for being so delusional that actually took him somewhere, although people have long forgotten him, except the ignoramuses descrived above. PS. all the best bits and sections in his music are actually stolen from dead classical musicians who can't sue him, such as the intro of 'Evil Eye' (courtesy of master musician Johann Krieger). This isn't the only example, trust me.

Malmsteen is just a talented guy inside a very stupid and immature mind, who never knew how to fully exploit his real potential. Malmsteen's mind has always been his worst enemy. And it always succeeded in sabotaging him in countless ways. Regardless, he's now completely finished. Just a lame guitarist with a bunch of other lame guitarists. Could have been so much more, but it has never happened. Case closed.

PS. the title 'Capricci di diablo' is probably one of the most stupid nonsense  I have heard. 'capricci di' is Italian language and 'diablo' is Spanish. It's as if I were saying 'The Tree Sayonara Sea' or 'The Door Konnichi wa' or some stupid gibberish like that. Mmmmh, Mr Malmsteen, you are a very cultured person indeed. Then again, what you expect from a lazy alcoholic slob who thinks he never needed to learn anything? Duh.
4151497
Totally inane rubbish ...what has happened to this once wonderful writer.