I don't know anything at all about this author, but the book feels as if it were written by a 16 year old fan. The writing itself is very basic, and you get the feeling he thinks EVERYTHING the band did was awesome.....ie: and then they trashed the hotel room (how cool!), they smashed their instruments (it was cool!) etc etc. The heavy drug use is written as almost trivial, and the Courtney/Kurt relationship portrayed as 'cute' (at least it read that way to me). Poor Dave Grohl is written as almost inconsequential.Kurt was/is my age, I knew many guys like him, looking down on the popular/'in' groups - rejecting them before they could reject him. This isn't punk, it's insecurity. Was he talented? yes, and I am/was a fan - but Nirvana's music is not holding up to time as much as some of the other 90's 'grunge' bands. Kurt's life was sad and it's a shame his obvious cries for help were ignored.