I've seen a lot of negative reviews of this book, and I wonder if those aren't from people who are die hard MJ fans who refuse to believe anything negative about him. I personally found this book to be fairly unbiased and to line up with proven documentation. Court cases and allegations were mentioned, and some of the reviews said they weren't. Maybe I missed what they are talking about, but I think this book covered pretty much everything up to the point of publishing. Of course, a lot of things happened after this, including his death. MJ had some really strange mannerisms and strange things in his homes. He lived his entire life in the spotlight, and I can imagine his family dynamic was not always the best. I wonder how much of that impacted his mental state and personality. I also wonder how he was able to beat some of these charges, if not for payoffs. I thought this book was very interesting, especially since I remember a lot of this stuff being mentioned on tv when I was in high school.