[2。5/5] This is a 2022 revised and updated version of the book， which was originally published in 1992。 As the only "official" biography of my favourite band it's a book that I've long wanted to read。 It turns out that it wasn't really worth the wait。This is a dry book with very little personality。 It's full of facts and figures and focuses more than anything on Queen's achievements。 It doesn't talk much about who the band members were as people and it certainly doesn't talk about the music or h [2。5/5] This is a 2022 revised and updated version of the book， which was originally published in 1992。 As the only "official" biography of my favourite band it's a book that I've long wanted to read。 It turns out that it wasn't really worth the wait。This is a dry book with very little personality。 It's full of facts and figures and focuses more than anything on Queen's achievements。 It doesn't talk much about who the band members were as people and it certainly doesn't talk about the music or how it was made。 The most we tend to get is， "the band went into the studio and recorded their fifth album" or similar。 There is no discussion of the song writing， the musicianship， the studio craft （something which the band famously pushed to its limits） or where the ideas came from。 Nothing is said about the recording sessions themselves or what went on。Instead we are largely told about sales， chart positions and how big the crowds were at each gig。 I will say that the book is full of information if you don't know much about the band and it does document Queen's rise to success with some detail。 The early years are given quite a bit of focus and the background of each band member told quite nicely。But the way this book is written it almost comes across as the band got together， demanded success from everyone they met and were granted it。 It doesn't ever tell us HOW or WHY they achieved it。 While it's thorough， it's also extremely impersonal。 It doesn't properly touch on Freddie being ill until after he dies， which comes as quite a shock in the narrative as you read because it presents everything as being good until it happens。 This approach would have made some sense with the original 1992 printing， but the decades since have revealed so much more information to us and it's odd that the update to the book doesn't amend things here。Overall， not worth the read unless you are completely new to the band and want to learn the basics。 I was also extremely disappointed at the shoddy quality of the book itself， as several pages inside were not properly bound and just fell out loose。 。。。more