Third Quarter Outside Reading Book Review

Don't Hassel The Hoff David Hasselhoff The Autobiography by David Hasselhoff.Thomas Dunne Books, 2007.

Genre: Autobiographical novel

The protagonist in this story is obviously David Hasselhoff. It takes you from his birth in Atlanta, to time of the set of Baywatch, all the way to his present life on the panel in America's Got Talent. It is a story of his entire life, so there are many conflicts. The largest is his addiction to alcohol. Starting early in life, it shows how it really affected him and how he abhorred it but could not stop. Another is how depressed he became after losing his wife, Catherine.

"One of TV's Most Powerful stars. The King of the Internet. Babe Magnet. The Hoff."

The author of this book writes in a very selfish manner. A lot of the book is just facts about "The Hoff," but there is an underlying theme to it. Of how he trying to show that he is majestic and the media has made him look amiss. It's sickening to read when he is trying to make you feel bad. The media probably took it to far, but the way he writes makes you feel exasperated.

"... although nobody knew the sand was hotter than hell and the water was toxic;..."(5)

I give to thumbs down for anyone thinking of reading this book or should I say peeve. The author will leave you disgusted. All he does is give facts and make you feel bad for him. I went in to the book thinking he was a pretty good guy, but after reading this book I wouldn't care meeting him if I got the chance.