I have read Ken's first book and I thought parts of it were good but I am not very knowledgeable when it comes to the technical aspects of recording so when he talked about those things it went over my head.
I did Carol's book and while I didn't hate it I didn't like it. To me Carol comes off like a bitter woman who is so desperate to make a name for herself and she really tries to act like she was a major player in Fleetwood Mac's saga when all she was the now ex GF of Lindsey's.
I also have a hard time with the fact that she says she was abused by him but never went to the police but then goes on Geraldo where she is paid to tell her story, befriends his next GF Cheri, writes this book, gives interviews etc. It's like she secretly took pleasure in his failed relationships but once he got married and had children, she became very bitter and resentful that she never got that with him.
Why wait 25 years to write a book. To me the best time to have put out a book and get allot of publicity would have been in 87 or 97 when the Band was very successful. I think people in the major media would have been quick to book her on their shows.
Her entire social media presence is devoted to the book. Like in 2017 she used the opening weekend of Coachella to promote her book by trying to tie one into the other. I was even alerted to a social media post where she took a photo of the book strategically placed on a poolside lounge chair.
She's even tried to frame the book as a book on domestic abuse and that people have sent letters to her publisher saying it helped them to heal. I'm sorry but trying to frame a Rock and Roll Tell- All book as some book on domestic violence and how to heal is very dangerous. I would never tell someone who is trying to heal from the trauma of domestic violence to go read this book.
Plus anytime someone criticizes her book Like I did several years ago. she comes after them. The book has several factual errors and or stories that seem highly embellished. When I criticized her book and some of her behavior she threatened to sue me.
She said things to me things Lindsey and I were practically married, I was pregnant with his child, I wrote this book to heal, lots of people don't remember things perfectly etc.
One of the things I had said back then was I have a strong dislike when people like an ex GF, former employee, or sibling etc. writes a nasty tell all book on their famous Partner, Family member, employer etc. It comes across as the writer having an axe to grind as well as them looking for a quick payday off the success of someone more famous then they will ever be.
I remember referring to the Butler of Sinatra's, the College roommate of JFK JR, the guy who alleged he was the other man in JFK JR's Girlfriend's life, Madonna's brother etc. as they all wrote tell all books.
|