So Let It Be Written: The Biography of Metallica's James Hetfield Paperback – April 11, 2017

I'm a middle-aged, female teacher, and on a whim, I bought this and found myself intrigued by the man that is James Hetfield. I grew up on his music and love Metallica. It was fun to read about his journey so far and his success. I still love their music and I truly hope James will go out on his own someday and be just as successful with country music as he was with thrash and heavy metal. He seems to be doing his best as a spouse, father, friend and christian gentleman. He also has gracefully aged and handled all the things life throws at you quite well. You go James!!

I got this book as a gift for my hubby, who is a huge Metallica fan. He thoroughly enjoyed it; said it was well-written and had lots of info. He would definitely recommend for a fan.

Provides the readers (fans) with much insight into the remarkable longevity and undeniable fame of both frontman "Jaymz" Hetfield and the band we've come to know, follow, admire and adore. Metallica.

I've read quite a few books on Metallica over the years and found this to be the most lacking; especially with it being positioned as a biography of James Hetfield. Much of the information presented has been told in much more informative and detailed explanations by Joel McIver and Mick Wall. This volume should almost be considered the "starter" book for newer fans of Metallica or a good introductory for those that haven't read any other Metallica books.The first few chapters tell a bit about James' childhood and moving around SoCal but that would really be the extent of a biography as many chapters focus more around the band, individual members of the band, the death of Cliff, the hazing of Jason, the departure of Jason and James' rehab, the introduction of Robert and the band and James making amends with former friends and colleagues. Nothing new or groundbreaking in my opinion.

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Once I started reading, I couldn't put it down! The author almost made me believe I was there hanging out the band while all this was happening!

I chose this as I'm a huge heavy metal fan and I especially love the big four of thrash metal. This book isn't really worth it to huge metallic fans because 90% of what it contains has been covered in other interviews and articles over the years. There are a few nuggets of interesting info, but not much.If you want to know more about the thrash metal scene, I found Scot Ian and Dave Mustaine's books to be way better and entertaining. Just my opinion.

awesome . Thought I knew everything about Metallica. Very awesome! I'm #1 fan.