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Ich - Elton John: die Autobiografie by Elton John

40 reviews

katie0528's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

Elton John reflects on his life and career, including his struggles with addiction, and being an out, gay man during the AIDS epidemic, while also being one of the most famous pop singers of the 20th century. This is a star-studded book, with anecdotes of Princess Diana, Gianni Versace, Geoge Michaels, the Beetles, the Rolling Stones, Elvis, and so many more. It is also a deeply sad story of a man searching for love and acceptance in his own life. Elton is open and honest about his mistakes and wrong doings, but also stands firm in how his decisions good and bad shaped his life. A great read for any fan of the man, the movie Rocketman, or just music fans in general.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, and Pandemic/Epidemic

HIV/AIDS epidemic

eyebrightt's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

❤️❤️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Drug use

Moderate: Eating disorder and Homophobia

siobhanward's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

This was a continuation of my audiobook memoir journey and it was fun. I knew a bit about Elton John going in, but now a whole lot, so there was a lot to learn. I appreciated how honest and human John felt when telling his story. He didn't shy away from sharing things that made him sound pretty awful, and was able to reflect on some of the less great things he's done. I'm glad the book is fairly new and wrapped up after his marriage and children. He definitely has had an interesting life, and this was a fun read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Homophobia

Moderate: Alcoholism, Medical content, and Alcohol

kingorgan's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative lighthearted medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Eating disorder, and Alcohol

cogowno's review against another edition

emotional funny informative inspiring lighthearted slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Alcohol

Moderate: Homophobia

Minor: Death

lmb3393's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

Sooo incredible, especially at the tail end where it got shocking and surprising, but ended very gratifyingly.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual content, and Medical content

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Eating disorder, Homophobia, and Alcohol

Minor: Grief

kurrelina1's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

3.75

To everybody who's a fan of Elton John, it's a marvelous book and luckily it helped me in many ways, read it! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Eating disorder, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts

squintyfarmer's review against another edition

emotional funny medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug use, and Sexual content

Moderate: Homophobia

Minor: Abandonment

betag1013's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Classism

skelleybean's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Sexual content, Suicide, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship