Robin Williams

The book digs into the dark side of Robin and does not paint Robin as a saint. Of course no one ever said Robin was a saint. The book actually paints a balanced picture of Robin's strengths or great points and his weaknesses. His weaknesses are not unusual. He struggles with women throwing themselves at him as he is famous and with his drug and alcohol problems. The book documents how he admirably stopped with the women, drugs, and alcohol when his first wife was pregnant with their first child. The author does a great job quickly profiling Robin's different TV shows and movies. The book also shows how generous and kind Robin was to everyone he met and worked with. He always had time for his fans. It also detailed his two other marriages. The author is straight forward with Robin's struggles with depression and Parkinson's. This is a short book which would be excellent for those who have not read any other sources about Robin Williams. Experts on Robin Williams might be quickly bored with the book. I have studied Robin extensively but I am always searching for more information to get an even more complete picture of who Robin Williams, the man, really is or was.

Over the years I've gained so much appreciation for Robin Williams; his talent, his generosity, and his shear genus. This book made me laugh, made me cry, and gave me great insight into a man who entertained millions over the years. I was fortunate to see him live once at a comedy club in LA and he was even more entertaining live. it saddens me that he chose to end his life the way he did. There is always hope.

I loved Robin Williams. I mean, I really adored him. And not just because he could make anything funny, but also because I sensed the tender, sensitive child behind the frentic comedian. His life and his work deserve so much more than this horribly written book. Had the subject been anything other than Robin, I would have put the book up by the third chapter. It's almost heartbreaking to read a biopic of someone of Robin's calliber that is so poorly written that you find yourself re-writing the entire book as you read it.Among the least of it's problems is that its written by a British biographer. The differences in British and American comedy are subtle at times, but remain despite the increasing growth of a global sensibility. Beyond this, Emily Herbert is simply a bad writer. So much so that there is a single paragraph in this biography in which she finds it necessary to parenthetically mention that certain events or relationships will be explored further later in the book. These statements run along the lines of, "(of this, more later)." I'm not sure writing can get much worse than this, in any culture.Robin Williams was a giant in American culture. A true Icon. I hope someone else will take up the pen and write the tribute to his remarkable life and tragic death with the style and substance Robin deserves.

If you are a fan of one of the best comedians EVER?? Then you will love this biography of his life

Robin Williams has always been a family favorite of ours, and his death was so tragic that I wanted to gain some insight by reading this. It’s been very informative, and well written. Mostly, I learned that no one ever knows what’s going on in a persons mind.

Pretty good book. The first chapter starts with commendations about him from folks he knew or worked with. I feel this chapter could have been reserved for the end of the book.

I’m still reading it, hard to put down, had 4 people in 2 days asking me about it, & some of them want to order it themselves!!Highly recommend it, a great book to read and learn things you never knew

This was a disappointing biography and even though I slogged through the whole thing, don't feel I learned much about Robin Williams. Lots of adjectives described him but the amateur psychoanalysis by the author about how lonely he was as a child, his parents were too busy, yada yada which created a "deep wound " that never left him was shallow and repeated endlessly. He did produce an amazing body of work and it is sad that he burned out too soon. But then he lived hard and dynamically as well as had self destructive streaks with drugs and alcohol. It is too bad the author couldn't do a better job of analysis and that she didn't include his real cause of death..a terrible nerve disease. Very light weight as far as I am concerned.

Easy to read very informative

Das Buch gefällt meinem Verlobten ,da er ein Fan von Robin ist

An insight to what made Robin Williams so great and so lovable. Great read. A sad read. A compelling read. Now one understands, albeit too late 😢

Excelente biografia, uma forma excitante de cobertura de um dos maiores gênios do mundo de Hollywood, que jamais vou esquecer.

There are so many biographies written on Robin. There is so much to say about his bottomless well of electrifying talent as a comic and actor. This book is very well written, straight-forward, well documented and referenced, Internet of course brings us a lot to read, to watch and ... to judge or misjudge. But this particular work from Emily Herbert describes more than well the gift Robin was given as an extraordinary specimen of the human species by his destiny on this earth. Generous, warm, hard-working, loving, fighting, stumbling, acceptance, great wisdom and letting go ...