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 enlarge | Author: Anthony Rapp
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Category: Book
List Price: $25.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  76 reviews
Sales Rank: 806311
Format: Bargain Price
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 320
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 6.4 x 1.2
Dewey Decimal Number: 792.028092
ASIN: B0013A26VW
Publication Date: February 7, 2006
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 Rent fans Beware!!! July 7, 2006
2 out of 7 found this review helpful
Somewhat hard to follow . . . Had its good and bad moments. Hated that Rapp jumped around, talking about his fame during Rent, his childhood and then back to Rent. Went into graphic details about his sexual life. Very touching moments about his mother and her battle with cancer and the tragic sudden death of Jonathan Larson.
Amazing and Heartfelt July 5, 2006
This book is so amazing. In an age when actors and actresses do all they can to keep their past in the past, it is refreshing to see someone who is willing to bare their soul for the entire world to see.
As a newly converted RENThead, I love this book for its vivid description of the excitement that is a Broadway production.
As an aspiring actor, I appreciate the honesty about what really happens in a production.
As a person who has lost a loved one to cancer, I can sympathize with his fear and regret over the death of his mother.
I have to admit, it takes a lot to make me cry (I've never cried during Titanic... ever), and there were several times throughout the book when I found myself in tears because I could understand exactly what he was talking about, having been there myself.
I can relate June 15, 2006
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
I read the book in 2 days and loved it. I can relate to Anthony in so many ways. My mother has cancer and I am like Anthony was. I hold it all inside and really do not let anyone see that I am huting over it. What am I afraid of? I am not sure. I just know it's not healthy.
As a Rent Fan...I was amazed at how much passion Anthony put into his shows. I wish I had a chance to see him. That is why I love the movie so much. It's like I was there.
This quote from his book written by his brother will always stay with me. "Grief does not expire like a candle or the beacon of a lighthouse. It simply changes temperature" - Adam Rapp
 Would I lose my dignity rereading this? June 5, 2006
3 out of 8 found this review helpful
As a complete OBCR renthead, I was mildy enthused when I recieved the audiobook on loan from a friend. I quickly began listening to it, and became sucked in to the plot. However, that rapture was quickly underscored by other things.
I found the plot mildly interesting. A memoir of love, loss, and RENT was really as advertised. It did not focus on anything but love, loss and RENT.
I was also incredibly irritated by the frequent reuse of words, perhaps because I was hearing the book read. "Dilapidated," for example, was obviously a favorite of Rapp's, since it was used at least three times in the hour that I payed attention.
I was also dissapointed by the way he tangented. He began talking about his show, or something, and we somehow segwayed into a soft-core porn story of his first sexual experience with a man. No, pardon, a boy. He frequently refers to males as 'boys' and females as 'girls.' At thirty years old, I think Rapp can use the words 'man' and 'woman.'
However, the book was not a complete loss. I found Rapp's description of Larson's death and the preceeding days very touching, and was moved by the freshness with which he wrote.
Altogether, it was not a waste of the nine hour audiobook, but not worth a second read.
Really awesome book! May 15, 2006
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
I saw rent and have the dvd and watch it constantly, and I got this book in february. I finished it in one night. Anthony is so honest about everything, he doesnt glorify what he did he just tells people about it. Losing a parent to cancer myself, i know how awful he must have felt. He seems like some one you can just walk up and talk to for like an hour. I am a total musical nut as well. He really writes well. I recommend this book to anyone over about 15, only bvecause of the mature content he writes about, but it is a very good book
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