I have never cared about Dave Grohl or his bands in the slightest. And while I only give his book 2 stars, I give Dave Grohl (the man) 4 stars.

He seems like an enthusiastic, goofy rocker dude and a good dad. He can spin a decent yarn, and he spends most of the book just saying how grateful he is for everything--Everyone is awesome, every song is awesome, every show is awesome, he uses a lot of over-the-top adjectives. He doesn't have a bad word to say about anyone, and I think that's really admirable and endearing.

"The Storyteller" was mostly entertaining, but the blanket positivity made for a toothless read at times. I'm not saying he is fake, just diplomatic. He had some funny stories about life on the road, but there wasn't a lot of meat on that bone either! This is definitely a light, charming read from the Seth Rogan of rock (as one of my coworkers calls him).

While he has the right to tell his story however he wants to, I couldn't help but feel like the stuff he left out of his book was the REAL shit. He clearly had a god awful turbulent relationship with his (late) Republican Speechwriter dad, but he glossed over it a lot.

He would write very briefly about holding his dying father's hand in the hospital and trying to reconcile with him, he's pulling me in with his vulnerable storytelling, and then he jumps back to gushing yet bland anecdote mode--"did I ever tell you how I met Elton John one time? Elton stopped his car to say hi, and he knew my name! Wow! How cool! Elton JOHN!"

Personally, "Storyteller" was just all right for me, but Gen-X rocker dads will eat this up!