A near excellent biography. Focusing on the relationship between John and Paul does a great job at covering the incredible story and legacy of the Beatles without getting overbearing, like more comprehensive biographies tend to do. Naturally we are blessed with an insane amount of material from these two and the people close to them, so it’s relatively easy to reconstruct a likely narrative of the events, which helps the author, but he still did a great job at tying it all together by focusing on the songs they sang and then wrote together, and later individually and about each other. As I said, it helps that the story is already so fascinating, from the trauma bonding from the eventual legal battles to the tragedy of John’s death. I loved learning the details of it all. I also really appreciated the fact that the book isn’t overly speculative, considering that there are lots of conspiracy theories about these two. It limits itself to describing a very unique male friendship that ran extremely deep, which is coincidentally strained by both men falling in love with their future wives and abandoning their shared passion in their band. It is also an interesting and imo honest account of the Beatles’ breakup, highlighting everyone’s role - the accountants’, George’s, and perhaps more indirectly Yoko and Linda’s. It’s a coming of age story for the ages if you ask me, and it’s baffling that it’s not fiction. Super easy to read, moving and poetic, as John and Paul deserve. Loved it.