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Entertaining

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on November 19, 2011

Definitely a very entertaining book! However, at times it can feel a bit like watching TV with someone who's channel surfing. Stumble upon something great and then in an instance its on to the next channel. I understand Strauss wrote this book in that manner, but some parts do leave you wanting more, while others you can't wait to get over.

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Christopher Lawrence

I thought it might be more like his other books

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on March 20, 2015

I thought it might be more like his other books. I really enjoyed "The Game" and "Emergency" but this one wasn't like his other books that grabbed my attention so I couldn't put it down. I'm almost half way though and really struggling to pick it up. I've read many others in the meantime.

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David

Entertaining

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on November 19, 2011

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Bradley Bevers

If Charlie Sheen Were A Book . . .

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 10, 2011

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Everyone Loves You When You're Dead is an addictive, guilty pleasure on the surface but much more that underneath. Reading these short interviews, never longer than a couple of pages, gives you insight into many famous lives. These short bursts of interviews, snapshots of one's life really, end up conveying more than entire biographies do. It reminds me of Malcolm Gladwell's book, Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking , and the discussion about knowing people. Gladwell contends that you actually know someone better after 5 minutes than you do after 50 years; that first impressions trump our ability to wade through someone else projection of themselves every time.

These short interviews are all interesting, many of them sad, many of them surprising. I particularly liked the Colbert interview, Chuck Berry, Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, Jerry Lee Lewis, Loretta Lynn, and others. The Marilyn Manson, Trent Reznor, and Russell Brand interviews were intense, exposing enough make it uncomfortable to read (Especially the Brand interview - skip it). The interviews with Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, and other modern pop stars were profoundly sad . . .

In short, there are over 500 pages guaranteed to entertain you, provoke you, and offend you. The people that Neil interviews do not pull any punches and some of them you will probably want to forget about as soon as you read them. The book accomplishes its goal surprisingly well - the author uses a few minutes of interviews to reveal much about their life. While you may not like the people he chose for the book, and you may not like their answers, you cannot argue that these are real portraits of very real individuals. Be sure and read the epilogue at the end, it sums up the purpose of the book and makes it easy to take away something from it more than the interviews themselves.

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Dan

The New Interview...

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 22, 2011

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One of the things that I enjoy about Strauss's writing is his insight and unique perspective on situations and interactions. The questions that he puts to the celebrities that he interviews don't seem like the standard interview fair, at least not that I see published. It's more of a conversation that makes you feel, for the most part, that they are just having a normal conversation. Neil asks questions that could seem confrontational, but the rapport that he's developed in the interview process makes them less biting. There's a feeling that you are getting to see a different side of the celebrities, one that is a little less guarded than normal.

Read the book, and when you get to the end the epilogue will speak to you. After that read the book again and pull the lessons from the interviews. There's a lot of wisdom in the interviews if you know how to look for it. I enjoyed going back through the interviews and looking for the lessons. Digging down below the surface of what's being said and trying to see that everyone has something to teach us.

This is a good book for someone who doesn't have hours to sit and read. It's easy to digest in small chunks, although you might have trouble putting it down.

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Nora Davis

A Book about Life

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 26, 2018

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I think my original intent when buying this book was to read dirt on celebrities. There is that, but more. People are flawed and make poor choices in search of happiness; some of them just happen to be rich and famous. I ended up enjoying stories about people I’d never heard of just as much as the ones about Lady Gaga or Cher. The book also introduced me to music by some of those people I’d never heard of as well as reignited my interest in music from points in my life years ago. This book shows the power of asking questions and finding connections with other people.

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Eddie Wannabee

4 Stars

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 13, 2013

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The way this book is written is like excerpts of recorded interviews with different people in the limelight. Some of the conversations are funny, and very entertaining. Snoop Dog, Bruce Springsteen, Lady Gaga, etc., one gets to learn a lot from such a unique approach, while other interviews seem to lag and I guess one has to take the good with the bad. The writer, Mr. Neil Strauss is very talented, and overall is quite an interesting book, the kind that one looks forward to read every time. 4 Stars.

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J. Bundrick

Great Read!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 21, 2011

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Everyone Loves You When Your Dead is an amazing account of the people behind the famous rock stars. The book is written in an interview/dialogue style that moves quickly. Strauss jumps from one celebrity to another; giving each one only a page or two at a time. He admittedly leaves out the boring parts and provides the reader with all of the "crazy."

I didn't give it 5 stars because it isn't available on the Kindle or any other digital format that I could find.

J. Lamberson

ELYWYD - quick review

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 4, 2011

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Readers of Neil Strauss' other work know what to expect and wont be disappointed. For all others, I say give it a chance. It's an easy read, great for picking up and putting down without getting lost. It's a bunch of snippets of interviews Strauss (Style) did over his career. Many of them are hilarious. Celebrities saying crazy stuff is a win. This book would probably sit on my coffee table for awhile if so many friends didn't asked me to borrow it ;)

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Pvt

A Great Read

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 10, 2014

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Neil Strauss manages to ask the questions that other interviewers may shun...and he puts them to his (often very famous) guests in such a way that they often oblige. He has such a relaxed raport with these self-obsessed berks that they reveal more than they would wish.

Writing about music is often difficult, but Strauss has been at it a long time now and does a teriffic job. I also like the messed-up book binding on this edition...mine looks to have never seen a guillotine.

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jeff bisbee

Awesome author on weird subject matter

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 14, 2016

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Awesome author on weird subject matter, or rather weird people. I recommend NS books but am always disappointed in musicians once you know them. I'd rather not know musicians up close and personal as it ruins their music for me, but I'd (probably) read anything Neal writes b/c of his perspective. Very open dude.

Great Read!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 29, 2012

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Much better than " The Game " or any of the other "pick up" books he markets. Neil is a great writer, and his memoirs of hanging with celebrities are great. I highly recommend this book. His story about hitting on Britney Spears is classic " Style " Everyone Loves You When You're Dead: Journeys into Fame and Madness

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