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A review by laleha
Boys Keep Swinging: A Memoir by Jake Shears
4.0
So I’m an alumna of the infamous Mountain View High in Mesa, AZ. For us outcasts, MVHS was absolutely as awful as Jason paints it, but we had our own merry band of misfits, as he described. Jason’s “Courtney” is actually my BFF, who was friends with him. He was her friend, and we all hung out together sometimes, but he was my friend-of-a-friend. The three of us had one really memorable night together of dancing and fun, but I was a little older than them, “Courtney” became a mess battling addiction (I kept my distance through her worst; my brother was also an addict and I couldn’t subject myself to another addict right then for self-preservation), and Jason went back to Seattle.
Fun fact? “Courtney” has always stayed in touch with Jason through his moves and rise to fame, and through her I knew to be on the lookout for Scissor Sisters from their early days. She actually talked to him very recently and told me about this book. Jason was always a caring, funny, sassy thing, and I’m thrilled that’s never changed.
The book was entertaining given the personal backstory and my love for their debut album. That was my soundtrack for 2004, the most trying year of my life.
Is “Boys Keep Swinging” fluffy and silly? Yeah, but that’s Jason and fine by me. He’s funny and smart, and he’s a good writer.
Fun fact? “Courtney” has always stayed in touch with Jason through his moves and rise to fame, and through her I knew to be on the lookout for Scissor Sisters from their early days. She actually talked to him very recently and told me about this book. Jason was always a caring, funny, sassy thing, and I’m thrilled that’s never changed.
The book was entertaining given the personal backstory and my love for their debut album. That was my soundtrack for 2004, the most trying year of my life.
Is “Boys Keep Swinging” fluffy and silly? Yeah, but that’s Jason and fine by me. He’s funny and smart, and he’s a good writer.