A Likely Lad
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- Author：Pete Doherty
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Niall O'Malley
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Great insight into what has been one of the most chaotic and creative life's in music the past 20 years。 Great insight into what has been one of the most chaotic and creative life's in music the past 20 years。 。。。more
Ian
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good lord he took a lot of drugs ！ at the height of his fame living in a squalid bedsit - crazy stuff ！ interesting reading ！ glad he is clean now and is thriving
Matthew C-L
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Dull despite content
Swee Lee
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So happy to finally have plunged into this book。 Pete really delves deep into his drug use and the crazy times of the early 2000s， his relationship with Kate Moss and up until the current time with his wife Katia。 Very nice to see he has seemingly more settled and tackling his addictions day by day。
Ellie Tavener
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Chaos lol
Ti Alex
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One of the great mysteries of life has to be， 'How is Pete Doherty still alive？'Doherty said of his ghost-written book， 'the publishers cut all the best bits out。' For a man who has had more drugs than hot dinners， it's a marvel he remembers anything at all。 Proselytised as being a literary man and the unofficial poet laureate of the streets， it is rather disappointing that the author couldn't be bothered to write his own life story but rather chunter and boast of his past misdeeds， and have Ste One of the great mysteries of life has to be， 'How is Pete Doherty still alive？'Doherty said of his ghost-written book， 'the publishers cut all the best bits out。' For a man who has had more drugs than hot dinners， it's a marvel he remembers anything at all。 Proselytised as being a literary man and the unofficial poet laureate of the streets， it is rather disappointing that the author couldn't be bothered to write his own life story but rather chunter and boast of his past misdeeds， and have Steve Spence scrape together his hazed recollections。 At times Doherty's wit and humour shines through， and some anecdotes of his past debauchery are hilarious。 The most vivid and descriptive section of the book covers his childhood， where the reader does get a sense of his time spent of various military barracks， and his brutish father。 A man who viewed parenting as dropping his children off at a library while he spends the afternoon in a bookmakers。 For a chap who spent the majority of his adult life zombified on Class A drugs， its understandable that Doherty's memories are hazy and discombobulated， but more tellingly it gives an insight into his priorities。 A classic example is when he mentions the birth of his daughter in passing， the way someone would mention eating a Mars bar: 'Oh yeah， my daughter was born around then。 Anyway， I went to this crack-house。。。' etc。A Likely lad is reminiscent of an amalgamation of two other ghost-written memoirs; Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth and and John McEnroe: Seriously。 The former， for the depravity and borderline sociopathy; and the latter for the complete lack of accountability for ones own behaviour， including the three deaths in which Doherty is closely attributed to。One of the more shocking revelations in the memoir is that Doherty has recently found God and appears to be largely of sober mind during recent years， which makes the self-imposed tragedy of his life somewhat more bearable when reading。 A likely Lad is an entertaining and easy read， which borders on the low-brow like an extended Sun article。 On a personal level I hope Peter finds peace， forgiveness and ultimately happiness， going forward。 。。。more
Rhys Thomas
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Everything you would hope it would be and more。
Nicholas
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What amazed me most about this book was how strong Pete's recollection was despite the state he so often found himself in。 As someone who has always found Pete to be an interesting character， I very much enjoyed this deep dive into the madness that was his life。 What amazed me most about this book was how strong Pete's recollection was despite the state he so often found himself in。 As someone who has always found Pete to be an interesting character， I very much enjoyed this deep dive into the madness that was his life。 。。。more
Sarah Çelik
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As an extremely biased life-long Libertines fan， I loved every minute of this book。 The author interviewed Peter then penned the novel， and I felt he did a good job allowing the reader to hear Peter's voice。 We've all read the tabloid snippits but it was interesting to hear the full stories， and I especially loved Peter's explanations of his song lyrics。 Peter's account is heavily drug themed， but this is to be expected and in my opinion， lent itself to an interesting read。 As an extremely biased life-long Libertines fan， I loved every minute of this book。 The author interviewed Peter then penned the novel， and I felt he did a good job allowing the reader to hear Peter's voice。 We've all read the tabloid snippits but it was interesting to hear the full stories， and I especially loved Peter's explanations of his song lyrics。 Peter's account is heavily drug themed， but this is to be expected and in my opinion， lent itself to an interesting read。 。。。more
James Horn
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This is a perfectly serviceable “autobiography” and I blasted right through it， as it reads like someone just telling you the story of their life （which is basically how it was dictated/written。） For fans， it’s certainly worth a read， particularly for anecdotes about the making of his albums， his memories of concerts （many of which can be found online） and how particular songs were written。 He does obviously talk extensively about his addiction and he dips into some of the mayhem his life has be This is a perfectly serviceable “autobiography” and I blasted right through it， as it reads like someone just telling you the story of their life （which is basically how it was dictated/written。） For fans， it’s certainly worth a read， particularly for anecdotes about the making of his albums， his memories of concerts （many of which can be found online） and how particular songs were written。 He does obviously talk extensively about his addiction and he dips into some of the mayhem his life has been， but the sugar coating he puts on much of his 20+ years of extreme drug use， makes taking his words at face value （forgive me here） a tough pill to swallow。 。。。more
Niklas Pivic
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Good complement to this book: https://www。theguardian。com/music/202。。。This book contains some waffle， a lot of wonderous lore， and some inaccuracies （according to Doherty himself; see said link）。 Given Doherty's wont to lie to the press and his chemical dependencies it's hard to trust the lines in this book。Whatever， the stories are a tapestry of madness and passion and more than worthy to read。There's a lot of interesting trivia for people who love Libertines and Babyshambles。 Good complement to this book: https://www。theguardian。com/music/202。。。This book contains some waffle， a lot of wonderous lore， and some inaccuracies （according to Doherty himself; see said link）。 Given Doherty's wont to lie to the press and his chemical dependencies it's hard to trust the lines in this book。Whatever， the stories are a tapestry of madness and passion and more than worthy to read。There's a lot of interesting trivia for people who love Libertines and Babyshambles。 。。。more
Tom Boniface-Webb
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Bloody hell this man took a lot of drugs！ Addicted for some 20 years， the same length of time as his recording artist career。 What’s incredible is not only his total refusal to stop - despite the extreme pressure from family， friends， and the law - accept on his own terms; plus the fact he is still alive where others （like his friend Amy Winehouse） aren’t; and that he managed to maintain such a strong career throughout it all。 This memoir， dictated but not written by Doherty， follows him from hi Bloody hell this man took a lot of drugs！ Addicted for some 20 years， the same length of time as his recording artist career。 What’s incredible is not only his total refusal to stop - despite the extreme pressure from family， friends， and the law - accept on his own terms; plus the fact he is still alive where others （like his friend Amy Winehouse） aren’t; and that he managed to maintain such a strong career throughout it all。 This memoir， dictated but not written by Doherty， follows him from highly intelligent and relatively sheltered boy， to university drop out， to drug addled singer in defining early noughties indie outfit The Libertines。 Thrown out of that band for drug consumption he founded Babyshambles， who continued on the success that the Libs should have had without him， and then on into solo work， an unsuccessful acting career， back into the Libertines， and eventual sobriety living the quiet life in Normandy。I’m hard pushed to think of another musician who managed to be so prolific with such a sustained drug problem。 Drugs have mostly either killed the career， the person， both， or were overcome after a few tough years。 But then that was always part of Doherty’s appeal， the last of the great romantics， and man out of his time， positioned as the final epithet to a dying tradition of addict as artist。 。。。more
Rob Allen
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A harrowing and heartbreaking read at times。 So nice to read how well he is doing now
Rhys
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I don’t often read books in just a couple of days but this one was dripping in nostalgia and intrigue。 The time period overlaps with that of my own and I rushed through the pages at warp neck speed。 You can tell it’s Peter’s words as the stories are a bit all over the place and that’s actually what makes it so easy to read。 The chaos sort of makes sense。 Amazing he lived to tell the tale， but pretty glad he did。
ClaireJ
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The Libertines are one of those indie rock bands I have always adored。 Their music reminds me of nights out with my mates at indie club nights and so many other nostalgic memories of my late teens/early twenties。 Pete has always been a bit of loose cannon but I have always found him fascinating & charismatic。The lyrics to his songs he wrote alongside Barat are some of the most poetic and genius around。 But due to his many troubles his talent definitely gets overlooked。This book gives the truth t The Libertines are one of those indie rock bands I have always adored。 Their music reminds me of nights out with my mates at indie club nights and so many other nostalgic memories of my late teens/early twenties。 Pete has always been a bit of loose cannon but I have always found him fascinating & charismatic。The lyrics to his songs he wrote alongside Barat are some of the most poetic and genius around。 But due to his many troubles his talent definitely gets overlooked。This book gives the truth to many myths that were in the papers。 The drama and craziness he got up to is mental to read about。 It was great to be able to hear his take on those situations and how he got out of them by the skin of his teeth！ I am so glad he has finally got clean and seems happy at last！I loved learning about the background to his lyrics。 I listened to them again whilst reading this and now understand the meaning behind them。 A very entertaining read that is a humorous yet intimate look into the crazy life of a rock star。 。。。more
Jack Bannan
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Heroin。。。hell of a drug。
Alis
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I was so excited to discover that Peter had finally written an autobiography， disappointed that I didn't manage to score a signed copy （although I have plenty of other signed bits）， and further disappointed that it's ghost written。 But then it's such a Peter thing to do， telling everyone the book was written by someone else， based on his words， but not what he was expecting and cut up by his misses and others who wanted certain stories to stay quiet， just before it was released。A Likely Lad is a I was so excited to discover that Peter had finally written an autobiography， disappointed that I didn't manage to score a signed copy （although I have plenty of other signed bits）， and further disappointed that it's ghost written。 But then it's such a Peter thing to do， telling everyone the book was written by someone else， based on his words， but not what he was expecting and cut up by his misses and others who wanted certain stories to stay quiet， just before it was released。A Likely Lad is a good read， full of good stories。 Irritatingly， Peter reminded me of Skimpole in some place， talking about how he is 'a perfect child' when it comes to finance and owing money。。。 but I believe him。 A lot of his tales are humourous， a few sad， nostalgic。 He comes across as very honest and matter of fact when it comes to drug use， and talks candidly about some of the murkier accusations attached to that side of his life。 I love the constant references to British film and TV， books and poetry， especially as someone who also lives an imaginary existence。 At the end of the day though， you're not going to get a thorough， non-biased review out of me because I love Peter， and The Libertines， and Babyshambles。 I am a little bit disappointed that he's not a fan of Byron though。 。。。more
Helena Eatock
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I couldn't stop reading this; but there was something strange about the narrative tone。 It lacked Pete's natural poeticism and was far more matter-of-fact than I expected。 For example， he talked about all the women he loved but never dared to describe exactly how he loved them or why。 He also didn't describe how he felt about Amy's death （for example）， or describe his complex love for Carl。 His friendship with Carl was so pure and powerful， but perhaps the complex emotions Pete attaches to it ar I couldn't stop reading this; but there was something strange about the narrative tone。 It lacked Pete's natural poeticism and was far more matter-of-fact than I expected。 For example， he talked about all the women he loved but never dared to describe exactly how he loved them or why。 He also didn't describe how he felt about Amy's death （for example）， or describe his complex love for Carl。 His friendship with Carl was so pure and powerful， but perhaps the complex emotions Pete attaches to it are best borne out in his/their music。 I approached the memoirs as a Pete fan， but I think it was written for his detractors， in a way。 Perhaps he felt he needed to set the record straight on a few press items e。g。 reason behind some of his arrests。 However， I rate that he is unapologetically both troubled and a trouble maker （。。。and an addict） and loved gaining a deeper insight into his genius/sources of inspiration， and learning the real timeline of events of his life。。。 。。。more
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