“I’ve played with my childhood heroes and some of the greatest artists in the history of music; I’ve played with people who were so hopeless they had no business being onstage and I’ve played with a group of male strippers dressed as Cub Scouts. I’ve done gigs dressed as a woman, a cat, Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck, a Ruritanian general, a musketeer, a pantomime dame and, very occasionally, I’ve played gigs dressed like a normal human being.”– 3/5 stars!

Attention! This book contains: fatherhood, extravagant clothes, contracts, friendships, rock and roll, drug addiction and a lot of drama.

In his only official autobiography, music icon Elton John writes about his extraordinary life, which is also the subject of the film Rocketman.

Christened Reginald Dwight, he was a shy boy with Buddy Holly glasses who grew up in the London suburb of Pinner and dreamed of becoming a pop star. By the age of twenty-three, he was on his first tour of America, facing an astonished audience in his tight silver hotpants, bare legs and a T-shirt with ROCK AND ROLL emblazoned across it in sequins. Elton John had arrived and the music world would never be the same again.

His life has been full of drama, from the early rejection of his work with song-writing partner Bernie Taupin to spinning out of control as a chart-topping superstar; from half-heartedly trying to drown himself in his LA swimming pool to disco-dancing with the Queen; from friendships with John Lennon, Freddie Mercury and George Michael to setting up his AIDS Foundation. All the while, Elton was hiding a drug addiction that would grip him for over a decade.

In Me Elton also writes about getting clean and changing his life, about finding love with David Furnish and becoming a father.

Elton John sure is a character. He has a very unique personality and attitude, and I admire him as an artist because he is always true to himself and his music. Authentic is the word I would use to describe him.

I’m not a huge Elton John fan in the sense that I don’t really listen to his music – I think he’s a very good artist, but I just don’t listen to his music because it’s not for me. With that being said, I really like to read memoirs because I get to see how other people live through their perspective. So I decided to pick his book! I wasn’t surprised he lived a very typical rock star lifestyle, but it was still interesting to read about him and his road to stardom.

I have to admit I wasn’t feeling this book at first, but the second half of the book was way better! The first part of the book is just him talking about music and how he started and the shows he did. And to me, that wasn’t very interesting – but I personally liked the last chapters. In these last chapters he talked about how he changed, got clean and found a meaningful relationship and had children – which is something he never thought he would do.

I found the music stuff a little boring, and since a big part of the book talks about music I wasn’t super invested. Maybe I would enjoy this memoir more if I was an Elton John fan, so keep that in mind while reading my words. With that said, I’m sure this is a perfect book for Elton John fans!