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Title: Surprisingly drab and lacks any real insight
Review: I shouldn't have been surprised that another celebrity "authored" book reads as if it were phoned in, but I expected more from the man at the center of the cultural phenomenon known as American Idol. Mr. Cowell takes us on what is essentially a humorless journey through the creation of his hit television talent show and offers very little insight into what drives him to create the next pop music star. After enjoying Mr. Cowell's barage of snarky comments on the show, I was surprised at how drab his "behind-the-scenes" tale reads. Clearly, this book was rushed to publish in order to capitalize on the transitory success of American Idol. At least we can read about his predictions for the winners (and losers) from the first two seasons of the show and see how many of those predictions are accurate, and how many, like this book, fall disappointingly flat.
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