I read Loving Frank long before I ever start writing reviews, so I cannot remember exactly what I thought of it, but I can tell you I believe I liked it much more than this one. I wanted to like this book...I love RLS and his life story is such an interesting one. But honestly, this book just crawled for me. And it seemed about 100 pages too long. It was a struggle to keep going and for someone who had so much happen in their life, I can't figure out how a book about them could be so difficult to get through. I respect the research that went into writing this, and the the writing itself is lovely (great dialogue and wonderful language), but the overall piece just didn't catch me like I wish it had.