Review from a Reader
I just finished the last stage experience- I call it that because it felt more like a phone conversation with Michael Gray than reading his book. I like Katherine Reinhart's take that the book is about figuring out Gray's complex personality. You really have fun wondering if he an artist or a businessman, ambitious or a daydreamer, intellegent or a junkie.
From the very cover you can tell the book has to do with Jim Morrison and this was a sound literary decision. Michael Gray comfortably fits into a backdrop that the DOORS created so there isn't a lot of having to explain or describe things- we all knew who the DOORS were and what they stood for. At least we think we do and no one can tell us different.
Jim Cherry has taken a few points to ponder about the Jim Morrison mystique and these are what cleverly unfold in this book. A couple of these are Morrison's ability to spellbind audiences, his relationship with women, the reality of how he did business with band members and bar owners.
The name Michael Gray conjures up Dorian Gray from Oscar Wilde's famous novel. Michael's wanting to resurrect a band that existed 20 years prior hinges on Dorian's wanting to stay young forever.
I was amazed by how Cherry brings forgotten child television star Jimmy Stark is brought into the thick of things. Cherry allures the reader's trust so that he is able to drop this coincidence onto their lap. It greatly enhances the book in light of what really happend to Jim Morrison who also experienced stardom early in life but saw it disipate with his legal and drug troubles. This is a fun book that reads fast- an eighties version of On the Road.
From the very cover you can tell the book has to do with Jim Morrison and this was a sound literary decision. Michael Gray comfortably fits into a backdrop that the DOORS created so there isn't a lot of having to explain or describe things- we all knew who the DOORS were and what they stood for. At least we think we do and no one can tell us different.
Jim Cherry has taken a few points to ponder about the Jim Morrison mystique and these are what cleverly unfold in this book. A couple of these are Morrison's ability to spellbind audiences, his relationship with women, the reality of how he did business with band members and bar owners.
The name Michael Gray conjures up Dorian Gray from Oscar Wilde's famous novel. Michael's wanting to resurrect a band that existed 20 years prior hinges on Dorian's wanting to stay young forever.
I was amazed by how Cherry brings forgotten child television star Jimmy Stark is brought into the thick of things. Cherry allures the reader's trust so that he is able to drop this coincidence onto their lap. It greatly enhances the book in light of what really happend to Jim Morrison who also experienced stardom early in life but saw it disipate with his legal and drug troubles. This is a fun book that reads fast- an eighties version of On the Road.
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