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18 of 20 people found the following review helpful. This Book Has Flown Off CourseBy Mark R. BrewerRubber Soul is my favorite Beatle album; but this is not my favorite Beatle book--not by far. Though it is intelligent and even scholarly in places; it contains numerous errors in spelling and grammar; as well as in lyrics and song titles. Also the book jumps around from place to place so very often that it is at times difficult to follow. It goes on and on about other bands and musicians to the point that the actual writing and recording of Rubber Soul makes up less than half of the book. I also found the sometimes lengthy discussions on who has covered each song on the album to be distracting and at times irritating. I wont say there werent aspects of this book that I enjoyed. There were. But overall; I was disappointed.2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. With; "In the meantime;" a full year and a half becomes a few days.By James E. KenneyTheres a plethora of greatmdash;some rarely discussedmdash;information here; albeit often presented in a very scattershot manner; as others have pointed out. But to any Beatles fan who wants to know what REALLY happened; the few factual errors are egregious. For me; the greatest misrepresentation of the ldquo;Beatles Storyrdquo; is Johnrsquo;s relationship with Yoko. Page 130: ldquo;It is no wonder that John threw himself at the Japanese queen of mind games the moment he laid eyes on her.rdquo; He did no such thing. They first met on 9 Nov. 1966 at the Indica Gallery in London (shortly after he finished filming ldquo;How I Won the Warrdquo; in Spain) and didnrsquo;t consummate their relationship until 19 May 1968 at his home in Kenwood. A full year and a half later. So in between that first meeting and them becoming a couple; he wrote and recorded ldquo;Strawberry Fields Forever;rdquo; ldquo;Sgt. Pepperrsquo;s Lonely Hearts Club Band;rdquo; ldquo;Magical Mystery Tour;rdquo; and went to India with his mates to study with the Maharishi. It was finally there; in Rishikesh that Yokorsquo;s relentless letters got to him and over a month after returning to London on 12 April; Lennon had Yoko over on 19 May when they recorded ldquo;Two Virginsrdquo; together and then had sex for the first time. Peter Brown; in his 1983 ldquo;The Love You Make;rdquo; opens his ldquo;tell-allrdquo; (considered the first of its kind by a true insider) with the scene of Cynthia returning home finding the two ldquo;having breakfast in their bathrobes.rdquo; And to make it worse; Mr. Kruth revisits the subject fifty-six pages later (186; last paragraph) and makes it seem like a mere day or two passed from their first meeting at the gallery to consummation. ldquo;In the meantime; Cynthia was away on vacation.rdquo; Inexcusable. Itrsquo;s sad that these types of careless historical misrepresentations (and Mr. Kruths is hardly the only one) continue to muddy the waters of the epic story that is The Beatles.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Great idea; very poorly (un)deliveredBy HariGI havent been so disappointed by a Beatles book since Graeme Thomsons 2013 Harrison biography. Kruths voice here is far; far from the mean; smug tone of Thomson (thankfully); but his perspective is frustratingly shallow. He tells us nothing enlightening about the times in which Rubber Soul was made and released (he barely skims the surface); he frequently goes off at tangents that seem to adhere to a 0.5-degree-of-separation rule for relevance; and he embraces/furthers myths and speculation regarding the Beatles that have been confirmed as BS by more reputable sources. As other reviewers have pointed out; it all just smacks of filler; like the authors padding out a very flimsy manuscript. It amazes me that hes also a musician; because I cant imagine how a true musician could focus on such a warm; lyrical and utterly fat-free album (not to mention one so groundbreaking) and yet come up with such a lame piece of work. Robert Rodriguezs book about Revolver (by the same publisher) had a similarly shallow feel; but nowhere near as bad as this. What both books miss is an author who can convey the poetry; musical colours and inventiveness of each album; John Kruths obviously got excellent taste; but hes not able to write from a perspective thats either deep inside the music or truly evocative of the era that inspired it; and in turn was inspired by the album. Fortunately; Revolver is handled well in Steve Turners Beatles 66 and; from a more musicological and scholarly way (Im told); by Russell Reising; but Rubber Soul remains poorly represented. Such a shame. Backbeat Books need to step in at the editor/publisher level; and work with their authors to ensure these titles deliver at least most of what they should do.