Gareth Thomas (1)

For all that this book tauts itself as being full of rare and unseen photos I found it very underwhelming. Very few of the photographs selected by the author seemed truly unique, and the collection was dominated by images of Bowie on stage with a microphone or at social events. Performances (as both of these situations are just that) may be interesting, but when it's the entire collection - and not even portraying artistic or crafted images - the reader is bound to get bored.

As for the show more accompanying text, I found that even worse. Thomas' writing style is choppy, lacks finesse, and seems more focused on regurgitating facts than it is with creating a compelling narrative. Considering that I already have far more informative biographies of Bowie (as well as more artistic collections of photographs), this book will not be one to stay in my collection. show less