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Mais Pesado que o Céu - Uma Biografia de Kurt Cobain by Charles R. Cross, Cid Knipel Moreira

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5.0

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4.0

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4.5

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2.0

The author took a lot of liberties, especially at the end, when there is no definitive way to know where Cobain was or what he was up to during his last few days. Even the police and hired private investigators could not determine the timeline. The story he tells of the last moments of Kurt's life is especially frustrating because it is entirely made up, giving feelings and actions that the author could not know. Charles Cross also seems to have some distain for Kurt and often frames him as a bratty, whiney, entitled child. And maybe he was, but that's not what I came here to read. I was looking for something a little more objective with stories rooted in fact. 

Learning (after the fact) that this is the Courtney Love Approved tale of events also docked some stars. I should have known by how little Dave Grohl is mentioned throughout the book and by the way the author doesn't seem to have any quotes from him at all. Their feud is more legendary than Kurts parent's divorce (see what I did there?). When Grohl is mentioned it is usually to say he was about to be kicked out of the band, which does not gel with any other accounts of the Nirvana story.

I guess we will never get a completely real telling of Cobain's life. This book gave a good picture of his early years, but the final narrative reeks of outside influence and trying to save face.
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This biography is comprehensive and heartbreaking. It details the struggles Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain faced throughout his life with honesty  
and compassion.

A must-read for those interested in the intersections of class, addiction, fame, and family.
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gail_dancer's review against another edition

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3.0

Intensely messed up. 
But a well researched and brutally honest biography
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4.0

This book is great if you don't know much about Kurt or Nirvana but want to learn more. It's more like reading a fiction story in the sense that it's easy to read, kind of like a magazine article. There's a few inconsistencies and to be honest, moments, where in my head I was thinking, 'you can't say that' as it is very opinion based at times. Great intro to Kurt and Nirvana as a whole though but would recommend reading other books after this that give a more truthful and raw account without giving you the 'story' as a whole.
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5.0

So beautiful 
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