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A review by thatjamiea
This Life I Live: One Man's Extraordinary, Ordinary Life and the Woman Who Changed It Forever by Rory Feek
4.0
I followed Rory's blog as Joey was dying. His story and the plain nakedness in the way he told it was unique and beautiful and awful. He never minced words or covered up the horrible things with pretty words. He just told it, plain.
I am not much for country music, so my interest in this story wasn't born from my being a fan, but falling into their story.
I was surprised that so much of this book was Rory's particular backstory. I wasn't disappointed, just didn't expect it. I liked having that perspective, though, about how much had gone wrong to get him to the place everything went right.
There is a lot of, what I call, god stuff. I'm not that kind of atheist that it bothers, so I wasn't bothered by the parts of the story that told his faith. It wasn't unobtrusive, but it wasn't overwhelming.
I am not much for country music, so my interest in this story wasn't born from my being a fan, but falling into their story.
I was surprised that so much of this book was Rory's particular backstory. I wasn't disappointed, just didn't expect it. I liked having that perspective, though, about how much had gone wrong to get him to the place everything went right.
There is a lot of, what I call, god stuff. I'm not that kind of atheist that it bothers, so I wasn't bothered by the parts of the story that told his faith. It wasn't unobtrusive, but it wasn't overwhelming.