What I loved most was Michael’s personal voice coming through strong and clear. The phrasing and asides would be bothersome if not clearly coming from MJ himself. I loved this as an easy read and palate cleanser. It was written and released by 1988, so we don’t get the full story, rather the early career is the centre. I appreciated the clear corroborating facts between this autobiography and the heavy duty biography of J Randy Taraborrelli. Between the two I feel I’ve gotten the ultimate look into MJ’s life. Overall I enjoyed hearing directly from Michael and this is a great, fun pick for any fan!

Really enjoyed reading this... until I got to the afterward and realized that they were taped conversations transcribed. I mean, MJ did go over everything and add more detail but I would have liked to know that in the beginning. Otherwise, a good read but perhaps sadder now because we know how his life eventually ends. In 1988, he was truly a different person. It's distressing to see how that changed, as his celebrity grew.

Wish I had kept this, I read it a long time ago and recently purged it from my collection.

Book 131/1000

Straight from the man's mouth. I'm so happy I read this book and got to read accounts from Michael's own perspective. He was the greatest entertainer of all time, and they'll never be another like him

I loved reading Moonwalk. It was his voice I heard throughout it. He was an incredible musical genius and so much more. Died too soon...forever young.

i've read this book about three times now (twice as a teen and once as an adult), and as a young teen, it gave me a very different perspective of michael jackson compared to practically everyone else in my life (friends, and especially adults). i had gained so much more respect for michael jackson, i viewed him as human.
in many ways, i even related to him as i read it the first two times. even though this isn't the most detailed "tell-all" autobiography, it gave me just enough to get a general idea of his life, viewing it from the outside. now, as an adult, i find different things about him i relate to; mainly the confusion and disorientation of young adulthood, i'm still figuring myself out.

if anything, reading this book a third time has only increased my compassion for this total stranger. there was a specific moment while reading where i felt so much pride knowing the impact 'thriller' has had 40 years after its release, how much it changed the world...i was crying tears of joy. only for those tears of joy and pride to turn to tears of fear, reading the retelling of the pepsi incident. michael was not much older than i am now when his hair and scalp were burned, he very well could've died and that terrifies me to think about. obviously, he ended up "fine", but it's still such a haunting thing to think about. something a lot of people both my age and older have very little concern for all because he did end up "fine".

learning about michael jackson, especially as a child, made me care so much less about having an opinion of others. i started to make the attempt of being a less judgemental person. as corny as it sounds, i like to believe he helped me become a better person in very small ways. no matter how authentic this book may be, i'll always be grateful for it existing because it made a very positive impact on me.

Ghosted memoir of a man who was good at singing and dancing. Terrible childhood.