Over the course of 700 pages (actually 475, but the font is a third smaller than normal), Rosenthal describes every song on every album of Elton John, but offers no insight into his life or artistic growth. While she meticulously footnotes every source, the sources are from newspaper clippings and magazine articles. This supposed definitive biography of Elton John doesn?t have one direct interview with the subject, his band mates, collaborators, friends or enemies. In reality, this is just a fan?s attempt at a biography, quoting the sources, but offering no interpretation. I stopped reading it halfway through; I doubt if I?ll finish any time soon.