Tim Taylor’s Reviews > Queen As It Began: Authorised and Revised Edition > Status Update

Adding a note here…. There are times where there is more discussion about a band member’s side project than there is about some of the band’s work. And obviously more about side projects than about any personal life.

Will be done in less than 30 minutes.

The closer I get to the end, the angrier I am at the content.

Ok 88% done and the word “AIDS” had been said once dismissively, and they are going to NOW only address Freddie’s illness? Honestly, a slap in the face to readers.

Chapter 25 done

83% into the book before AIDS is mentioned. And this is the expanded version. How far was it in the original?

They are glossing over important stuff by reading this like dare / event entries.

Chapter 24 complete.

Disappointed with the simple retelling of dates and facts. Saving comments for the review.

Chapter 20 complete. Now two-thirds through.

Amazing how they stay away from the personal lives, particularly of the flamboyant Freddie.

Chapter 15 complete.

The biographer is clearly a fan, and looking at the “Hot Space” album with rose-coloured glasses.

Decent progress today. But this really is a recounting of facts and dates.