Freddie & Me (2008)
I had read a few reviews about Freddie & Me prior to checking it out for myself. I love comic books and I love Queen. So how can you lose when combining the two? Ya can't. Straight up, this was a very cute, touching and fun autobiography about Mike Dawson and his life as it related to his favorite band of all time: Queen. Even though all the reviews I had read were overwhelmingly positive, I was still a bit iffy on how this would play out before reading it.
I will admit that the first 1/4th of the book was a bit slow and left me unsure where it was going. But somewhere along the way I got sucked in by the story that was unfolding. Fun book and I can recommend this to anyone else that's looking for a good, fun read.
It's not a perfect book, mind you. Some of the dialog, especially during the family scenes or general chi-chat scenes are a little too literal and on-the-nose for my taste. Other than that, you can't go wrong here. And another thing, about the artwork, it's not going to blow you out of the water if that's what you're looking for. It is what it is. But you can see the artist style start to really improve the further you get into the book and the amount of love he put into drawing it.
I've come away from this book a fan.
Rating: 4 Stars out of 5
Review by Chiprocks1
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