A review by nyzerman
Then It Fell Apart by Moby

3.0

This review is based on the audio book. I would give it 2.5 stars if I could. I am just now getting into audio books and this was available through my local library on RGB. I thought an audio book read by its author might be a more interesting and genuine audio experience. I liked Moby's album, Play, and knew he was a vegan and recall a vague memory of his tea shop, either from reading about it or seeing it featured somewhere online perhaps. I had no idea how much of a tortured soul he was or that he was an alcoholic struggling with addiction throughout much of his life. His life story is interesting but frankly, his narration was monotone and without passion - there were certainly parts of the book where he was angry or upset and if not listening to the words, I would never be able to detect his change of emotion. I found myself drifting off at times, forgetting that I was listening to an audio book because the narration was very flat (and ironically, I feel badly for being critical because a lot of the issues in his memoir seem to stem from his own self criticism.) I would have liked a more emphatic narration that would allow the reader to feel the emotion rather than just hear it blandly spoken.