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Title: Fittingly, a Mess
Review: I agree with the readers who have noted that there is probably a very good 300-page book here; there is no question that the book is self-indulgently long and McDonough self-importantantly annoying. But in some ways this is a very fitting biography for Neil Young; although -- like his career -- it rambles and is filled with plenty of dross, when you get to the good stuff it's pretty darn good. Due to the high dross-to-good ratio, I'd recommend this for fans only. One final curious note: this book was repetitive enough, and frustrating enough, that at times it made me like the music less (not because of the artist's "flaws," the main one of which, we are told (hundreds of times) is that he tends to do whatever he wants). Neil Young is worth of a biography that inspires interest, not distaste. It's too bad McDonough, unquestionably a fan, couldn't achieve that result.
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