A review by rouver
Joss Whedon: The Biography by Amy Pascale
3.0
A moderately interesting look into the life of Joss Whedon. If you don't know who he is, I'd highly recommend watching Firefly, Serenity, Dollhouse, and Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog...just a few of the works he's written & directed.
If you DO know who he is & are exceptionally curious about him & his work, then go ahead & pick this up. It's not riveting, but there are interesting tidbits about his history. I found it to be a bit dry, but it's not like he went on a huge killing spree, so there's only so many ways you can spice up a person's life. I was disappointed there wasn't much about his wife & children in here...but since i didn't even know he had children before reading this, I'm assuming that it's intentional & he wishes to keep his private life private. He definitely seems like a regular guy, not ego-centric, and always willing to share credit.
I'm glad I read it, but I would only recommend it to those who probably already knew this thing came out, are big fans of Whedon, & already had a thought or two of picking it up anyway.
oooh..another reviewer did a good job of describing it here:
"Pascale presents a functional enough recitation of the facts of Whedon’s life from his upbringing by his famously feminist mother to his work launching Marvel’s 2013 television tie-in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D, but as a biography her book reads more like an annotated IMDB listing interpolated with quotations lifted from podcasts, Comic-Con panels, and Entertainment Weekly interviews. Only a trace amount of personal detail appears, so any fan of her subject’s work will know most, if not all, of the trivia on parade here, and any nonfan will hardly be wooed by her workmanlike prose or her inability to treat Whedon as a complex person rather than just as a poster child for Geek Success."
If you DO know who he is & are exceptionally curious about him & his work, then go ahead & pick this up. It's not riveting, but there are interesting tidbits about his history. I found it to be a bit dry, but it's not like he went on a huge killing spree, so there's only so many ways you can spice up a person's life. I was disappointed there wasn't much about his wife & children in here...but since i didn't even know he had children before reading this, I'm assuming that it's intentional & he wishes to keep his private life private. He definitely seems like a regular guy, not ego-centric, and always willing to share credit.
I'm glad I read it, but I would only recommend it to those who probably already knew this thing came out, are big fans of Whedon, & already had a thought or two of picking it up anyway.
oooh..another reviewer did a good job of describing it here:
"Pascale presents a functional enough recitation of the facts of Whedon’s life from his upbringing by his famously feminist mother to his work launching Marvel’s 2013 television tie-in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D, but as a biography her book reads more like an annotated IMDB listing interpolated with quotations lifted from podcasts, Comic-Con panels, and Entertainment Weekly interviews. Only a trace amount of personal detail appears, so any fan of her subject’s work will know most, if not all, of the trivia on parade here, and any nonfan will hardly be wooed by her workmanlike prose or her inability to treat Whedon as a complex person rather than just as a poster child for Geek Success."