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The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music by Dave Grohl

85 reviews

beckyrocks's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use and Alcohol

Moderate: Cursing

twocollins's review against another edition

emotional informative lighthearted reflective medium-paced

4.0

The man is an excellent story teller. This book is a wonderful tale of the power of manifestation and self belief and risk and reward.

I was finishing this just as the news of Grohl's news broke of a baby born outside of his marriage and it was very hard to reconcile what I was hearing in the book about his devotion to his family and the news ... But that shouldn't take away from the fact this book is good storytelling.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Drug use

staceyinthesticks's review against another edition

adventurous funny inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Drug use, Grief, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

Minor: Addiction, Suicide, Violence, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Abandonment

scifijunkie21's review against another edition

lighthearted slow-paced

3.5

I don't know on this one. On one hand, listening to Dave talk and tell stories is never a hardship. I most  enjoyed the early ones about his youth and the later ones about his daughters. 

But this book felt too long to me, and without much direction. It is obviously more a series of essays rather than an autobiography, but I felt a bit lost without an overarching narrative. The middle part mostly is him fanboying over meeting his rock idols. Which is cool. But for 11.5 hours? 

I am merely a casual listener of Nirvana and Foo Fighters, and after finishing this book I still don't feel I know a ton about these groups. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Drug use and Injury/Injury detail

ktrobbins's review against another edition

adventurous funny informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Drug use, and Alcohol

Minor: Suicide

taytaysomething's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

One of the best biographies I have read so far!  Dave Grohl is cool and fun and has so many stories.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Alcohol

hannahbee_97's review against another edition

emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

The audiobook has snippets of music that’s never been released (or hadn’t at the time of the audiobook’s publication!), which is cool! I do wish he spent more time talking about his wife and a little more about his mom. Good overall though!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use and Alcohol

Moderate: Death, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Violence

anne_reader's review against another edition

funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Grief, and Alcohol

kiwichill's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing sad medium-paced

5.0

Easily the best autobiography by a musician I have read.  His music is the soundtrack to my own life.  He is an inspiration 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Suicide, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol

Moderate: Self harm and Vomit

lyricalsoul's review against another edition

funny hopeful informative inspiring fast-paced

4.0

I am not a fan of Dave Grohl’s music but after reading this book I am a fan of Dave Grohl. This book was an interesting account if Grohl’s music and life. Highly enjoyable.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Alcohol

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug use, and Grief