Don't Try This at Home: A Year in the Life of Dave Navarro

After reading this book I have a newly found appreciation on life and on Dave Navarro himself. I have a great deal of genuine respect for the man now...not only as a musician...but also, as a human being.

SCAR TISSUE was the pity party, this book was just plain entertaining. I've been a fan of Dave Navarro's for quite some time (in interviews he was always so witty), so I was waiting for this book to get published. I think it has an awesome formula- a look into a year out of the life of a heroin addict/musician. We don't need their entire self-absorbed life story, documenting just a year was so much better. Though it does bring up Navarro's past a little bit to give you some insight as to who he is and the roads he has taken. Many things in this book made me laugh out loud, Dave has a f*cked up sense of humor! This book was very addicting and I read it in a day. Cheers to Neil Strauss for putting up with him!

I agree with the one post that described this book as addicting. I couldn't seem to put it down and finished mine in a day and a half. Before reading this book, I really didn't know too much about Dave Navarro at all.. I just had heard about the whole photo booth thing and that is what initially got me interested in buying the book. Reading it was def. a very awesome experience, I almost felt like I was inside this book.. I really admire Dave because even with all his struggles and disappointment, he never fully gave up. Eventually, he turned himself around and looked at life in a different way. I think he is a very intelligent and unique guy.. certainly, not someone you would meet everyday. It's a great thing that he married Carmen and is finally really happy and in love. I think after everything he has been been through, its just what he needed. So thanks Neil and Dave for giving this book to the world. It's an original that I HIGHLY recommend. Something you will truly understand when you read it for yourself :)

This is an amazing book, full of details you would never, ever expect. It is candid, open and extremely honest-to a fault. It is an extremely personal autobiography. Also recommending: Nightmares Echo, If I Knew Then and My Fractured Life

Just bought the book. It is unlike anything I expected -- in a good way. I thought it was going to be a bio, like the others. But instead it's this incredible in-depth dissection of a year of Navarro's life. It's more like a book version of a reality show: but way too dark and intense for TV. Can't believe he's still alive. Great photostrips too: some GORGEOUS women. Note to self: Move to Hollywood. Second note to self: But don't try this at home. Highly recommended.