although i am not a "fan" of Robbie Williams, I have respect for him, after having read this book, i have even more respect for him. Chris' writing is fluid and i read the book in 3 days, could not put it down. Great insight into many of our societies insecurities and shallowness, even though you know it is there, and those that have experienced being in the public eye like i have, seeing things in this books even surprsied me...

a great book for all...

I found this a really sad account of Robbie Williams life. He seemed to want a family life and the fame caused him heartbreak. It proves that money doesn't necessarily bring happiness.

You know that Good Charlotte song?
"Lifestyles of the rich and the famous
They're always complainin'
Always complainin'
If money is such a problem
Well they got mansions
Think we should rob them"
Well this kept popping into my head while I was reading this. Robbie is an interesting one, he hates the trappings that come with fame and yet he would not be able to live like he does without it. And I'm not just talking about the money. He has people with him all the time. Doing things for him. Moans about the fans stalking him but when he asks them to leave him alone and they do, he goes back to talk to them. What!?
I'm not really a Robbie fan, I don't mind some of his songs but I don't own any of his albums (though after reading this I want his greatest hits). This was an enjoyable read. I think Chris told Robbie's story quiet well and in a fair way. I think another title for this book could have been "Why I'm not bothered about breaking America" because it come up ALOT. Overall I think this book is aimed more for fans but people who arn't really fans will like it aswell though 422 pages is to much Robbie for me.

Essential reading for Robbieheads

“Feel” by Chris Heath is a shockingly honest, hilariously witty and deeply intimate look at the life of Robbie Williams. The greatest biography I’ve ever read.

Though I am a huge Robbie Williams fan I must be honest and say this book was a disappointment due to lack of the some important storytelling elements, such as flow and vividness. It seemed to me as if this book was written for nothing more but PR and money purpose. I missed Robbie's soul in it. His "searching for love" thing probably meant to break the readers' hearts. But it doesn't coincide with his actions in the book which are completely different from "love searching" if you know what I mean.

Hyvin viihdyttävää lukea, kuinka miljonäärillä on vaikeaa olla julkkis ja miljonääri.
Ei niinkään elämänkerta, mutta katsanto jotakuinkin vuoden mittaiseen pätkään Williamsin elämässä, kirjoitettu kuin fiktiivinen romaani.
Ilolla luin.

Ich habe das Buch via Lovelybooks getauscht und war wirklich gespannt darauf, habe mich wirklich sehr darauf gefreut, gerade weil Robbie ein wichtiger Teil meiner Vergangenheit war, aber irgendwie.. bin ich enttäuscht... zumindest vom ersten Teil des Buches.

Erst hatte ich totale Probleme überhaupt ins Buch zu finden, weil ich es teilweise total langatmig und auch.. ich will nicht überheblich sagen, aber der Schreibstil hat mir so gar nicht zugesagt.

Vielleicht hatte ich wirklich zu große Erwartungen an das Buch, vielleicht hätte ich wirklich ungezwungen an das Buch herangehen sollen und meine Erwartungen etwas zurück schrauben.

Teilweise hatte das Buch jedoch auch Passagen, in denen ich entweder dachte "Typisch Robbie, so hat man ihn in den Medien "kennengelernt", aber auf der anderen Seite hatte ich wieder das Gefühl, dass er.. ich weiss nicht genau, wie ich das erklären soll... dass er viel "Schlimmer" dargestellt wurde, als er vielleicht letztendlich war oder immer noch ist. Auch wenn wir als Fans ihn so eh nie kennenlernen werden.

Wir wissen alle, dass er kein Unschuldslamm war, dass er gerade zu Zeiten von Take That oft genug über die Stränge geschlagen, aber einiges wurde in diesem Buch doch sehr überheblich dargestellt.

Aber vielleicht kam es mir auch nur so vor? Aufgrund der hohen Erwartungen?

Der zweitew und dritte Teil hingegen war für mich als Leserin schon flüssiger. Ich konnte einige der Handlungen und auch Worte Robbies durchaus besser nachvollziehen, als noch im ersten Teil. Chris Heath hat ihn über einen langen Zeitraum hinweg begleitet, die Hoch und Tiefs des Sängers quasi hautnah miterlebt.

Was mich wirklich gestört hat, war der teilweise wirklich abfällige Umgang Robbies mit seinen Fans, aber da hat vermutlich jeder eine andere Meinung.

Alles in allem ein Buch, was mehr für richtige, wahre, eingefleischte Robbie - Fans geeignet ist und auf andere vielleicht sogar abschreckend wirken könnte.

3 von 5 Sonnenblumen.

Entertaining story about the life of a talented but slightly nutty performer.

my future husband. :) ha!
My best friend gave this book to me on my birthday and I could not have had a more perfect gift. I will always hold on to my "girl hood" dream of marrying him (ha!) but seriously, this biography covered EVERYTHING... his music career, personal life, and even the kooky details of this rock star-- that he uses the bathroom a lot and was addicted to a futball game and is truly shy. Usually I can't put a book down that I love and I had to force myself to read only a few pages at a time cos I didn't want it to end. Ya, I'm a dork. :)

I used to like Take That as a teenager but grew out of the phase, I never really enjoyed Robbie Williams as a solo artist and the same goes for the rest of the band members. However this book was given to me for free a few weeks ago and I decided to read it.
It started off really well but then became a bit repetitive, which I suppose in fairness is what everyone's (or at least most)real life is like, but then I guess people wouldn't pull out money to read about the fella-on-the-my-street's daily comings and goings.

I've read a few Robbie books, and this was the hardest to read of the lot, it has taken me months to get through. I found most of it hard going due to the way it was written, and while parts of it were insightful, overall I don't think it flowed that well.