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itle: Hindsight & All the Things I Can’t See in Front of MeAuthor: Justin Timberlake
Genre: Nonfiction, Autobiography
Synopsis: A first-person account of Justin Timberlake’s creative process; highlighting how he came to a career as a musician, actor, songwriter, and overall performer.
My Thoughts
This book is a bit different than what I normally read/review so I am going to break this review down into sections to more clearly cover all of my points.
JT & Me: I love Justin Timberlake and I received this book as a gift for my 30th birthday in December. My sister and I attended his Man of the Woods Tour concert this past October (2018) and it was there that I realized for just how long I have loved Justin Timberlake. Some songs were such throwbacks, and of course, I was a fan of N*Sync before he began his solo career. I also think his SNL skits are hilarious (CLAAAASSSIC Peg...) and appreciate his acting and dancing skills as well. So there was little chance that I was going to absolutely despise this book.
The text: The book is written in the first person from JT so it comes across as very conversational and sometimes feels a little stream of consciousness. Many times it felt rushed like I had to read it fast, so I had to go back and re-read some parts to make sure I caught it all. As he reminisces about his career he makes sidebar comments, many in parenthesis that are just really funny and made me reminisce about where I was at that part of his career and how I related to it. His songs played in my head as they were mentioned, and I knew them all.
I loved reading about his childhood, his being discovered at a Star Search audition by the Mickey Mouse Club, his start with N*Sync, and his love for Al Green from an early age. In the last section, he gets super sentimental about his son, Silas, & wife, Jessica Biel. It is sweet but has been mentioned so frequently throughout the rest of the book that a whole section about it starts to get redundant.
The design: The book is filled with beautiful photographs both personal photos from his childhood and professional photos throughout his career. The book is extra large, so it allows for each page to be visually interesting without losing space for text. I have the Barnes and Noble exclusive edition with extra photos from the Man of the Woods tour.
The use of graphics is really well done, choosing key phrases to highlight and hit messages home. For example, when he talks about how the spaces between the notes are more important than the notes themselves, the next 3 pages in the book are blank, then down at the bottom very small it says "you're listening now."
My one criticism of the graphics choices would be that at the beginning of each section it begins with an intro in bold, light grey text with no paragraph indentations. The color makes it hard to read and the lack of separation makes it hard to follow. I was more focused on how weird it was than what I was actually reading.
Summary: This is a cool book to read for anyone who is a fan of Justin Timberlake. It reads very quickly, even for those who are not big readers this would go by very fast. This would also be a great gift for the JT superfan in your life.
Comment below if you have read this book or have suggestions for others like it!
To buy this book from Amazon now, click on the image at the top of the post.
To see more from the author, visit the website linked above
This book is a bit different than what I normally read/review so I am going to break this review down into sections to more clearly cover all of my points.
JT & Me: I love Justin Timberlake and I received this book as a gift for my 30th birthday in December. My sister and I attended his Man of the Woods Tour concert this past October (2018) and it was there that I realized for just how long I have loved Justin Timberlake. Some songs were such throwbacks, and of course, I was a fan of N*Sync before he began his solo career. I also think his SNL skits are hilarious (CLAAAASSSIC Peg...) and appreciate his acting and dancing skills as well. So there was little chance that I was going to absolutely despise this book.
The text: The book is written in the first person from JT so it comes across as very conversational and sometimes feels a little stream of consciousness. Many times it felt rushed like I had to read it fast, so I had to go back and re-read some parts to make sure I caught it all. As he reminisces about his career he makes sidebar comments, many in parenthesis that are just really funny and made me reminisce about where I was at that part of his career and how I related to it. His songs played in my head as they were mentioned, and I knew them all.
I loved reading about his childhood, his being discovered at a Star Search audition by the Mickey Mouse Club, his start with N*Sync, and his love for Al Green from an early age. In the last section, he gets super sentimental about his son, Silas, & wife, Jessica Biel. It is sweet but has been mentioned so frequently throughout the rest of the book that a whole section about it starts to get redundant.
The design: The book is filled with beautiful photographs both personal photos from his childhood and professional photos throughout his career. The book is extra large, so it allows for each page to be visually interesting without losing space for text. I have the Barnes and Noble exclusive edition with extra photos from the Man of the Woods tour.
The use of graphics is really well done, choosing key phrases to highlight and hit messages home. For example, when he talks about how the spaces between the notes are more important than the notes themselves, the next 3 pages in the book are blank, then down at the bottom very small it says "you're listening now."
My one criticism of the graphics choices would be that at the beginning of each section it begins with an intro in bold, light grey text with no paragraph indentations. The color makes it hard to read and the lack of separation makes it hard to follow. I was more focused on how weird it was than what I was actually reading.
Summary: This is a cool book to read for anyone who is a fan of Justin Timberlake. It reads very quickly, even for those who are not big readers this would go by very fast. This would also be a great gift for the JT superfan in your life.
Comment below if you have read this book or have suggestions for others like it!
To buy this book from Amazon now, click on the image at the top of the post.
To see more from the author, visit the website linked above
Sounds like a perfect gift idea
ReplyDeleteIt is a great gift!!
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