I've had this book for years, bought for me as a gift at some point during my Bocellimania years. I started to read it a long time ago and found it a bit dull and didn't finish it. Decided that before I would bring home any more library books I must read a book in my own house I haven't read yet, and chose this one. I got all the way to the end. It was marginally less dull. I can't really pinpoint what about it seemed dull to me - perhaps his referring to himself in third person or perhaps he's just not the best writer in the world? Oh well. At least now I have read it.

I wanted to like this book more than I did. Unfortunately I got stuck many times because the text didn't have a natural flow to it. The story was a collection of scenes rather than a curated collection of memories. Too many passages left me, as an outsider, to struggle with how much time actually had passed. I'm a fan of his music, but apparently this book was targeted to an audience which had followed his career closely from the beginning.

I LOVE Andrea Bocelli! The very first album of his that I listened to was my grandma's copy of Romanza, that I have since bought a copy of for myself. I also own other albums of his, and his concert DVD's that I own are my special pride and joy.

Bocelli chose to write his autobiography in third person, and his main character is "Amos Bardi." We see Amos from birth to boyhood to pianist to classical superstar. His writing also had to be translated from English, so it's not smooth. I don't mind the choppiness-- I've heard him speak in the DVD's that I have and I could hear his voice in my mind sharing about his life.

This book also contains photos: of himself, horses and dogs, his parents, his first wife, family, and friends.

Probably not a book I will return to and re-read, but as a great fan of his, I did enjoy this chance to peek inside his life.