A review by thatokiebird
Paul McCartney by Peter Ames Carlin

3.0

This is the third Beatle-related biography I've read (Bob Spitz and Hunter Davies' bios being the other two) and this is the one I liked the least. The style was weird and often times changed from fiction-novel-style to textbook-style in an awkward way. The whole book had an air of 'UN-authorized' all over it, which probably could have been avoided with a consistent writing style. I did enjoy how the author followed Paul through not only his good, but also his worst self. There are definitely no astonishing breakthroughs that I could discern, but it was a fine read and helped create a better understanding of Paul.