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roxy031's review
2.0
This book gets a big MEH from me. I’m a big soccer fan and have watched him play for ages, so I am tangentially interested in David Beckham, but this book felt like a nonstop, completely biased and poorly written hate campaign against the entire Beckham family. Especially against Victoria, so it also had a hint of misogyny. The reporting on the accounts and finances and tax loopholes etc etc was all incredibly boring and tedious, and often incomprehensible.
Besides all of that, one thing I just can’t get past in books is typos. And about 90% of the time the author was referring to Major League Soccer, he abbreviated it MSL instead of MLS. So I would’ve given this 3 stars but since they can’t even abbreviate properly, it gets only 2.
Besides all of that, one thing I just can’t get past in books is typos. And about 90% of the time the author was referring to Major League Soccer, he abbreviated it MSL instead of MLS. So I would’ve given this 3 stars but since they can’t even abbreviate properly, it gets only 2.
jayne193's review against another edition
Started off well, I’m not a fan of the beckhams by any means but this seems like it was just to bad mouth them and seemed too much to me.
kat_bookworm's review
3.0
One of the most famous and influential couples, David and Victoria Beckham are iconic. They have created a worldwide multi-billion dollar brand, luxurious lifestyle and glamorous world of their own. Are their lives as perfect as the world believes?
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I’m not one to really follow celebrity news, however this book intrigued me. Written by Tom Bower, Britain’s most celebrated investigative biographer, this extensively research book explores their inside lives. Although interesting in parts, since this book does not come from the Beckham’s themselves, there is a lot of speculation, assumptions and media frenzy in this book. It’s like a really long article from a trashy celebrity magazine 😬🙊 If you thrive off this type of news, then you’d absolutely love this (and zero judgement!), though for myself who enjoys more depth to my reading, this wasn’t my type of book.
some1uused2know's review
slow-paced
1.5
So much conjecture mistaken for fact. The author clearly doesn’t like the Beckhams and writes a very biased and jaded account with “facts” clearly from gossip magazines. It’s odd because the author is very much relying on the successes of the subject of his vitriol to pay his own bills. I’m not personally a fan of football nor the Beckhams but it doesn’t take an avid fan to see the extreme bias and sensationalised stories of the author. Very poor writing.