If you looking for a book just totally chock full of juicy details of Lance's life and *NSYNC, then this book is not for you. Lance keeps this book very professional and does not tell a ton of juicy details, a few here and there, but nothing that would make you go OMG! TELL ME MORE! It was interesting to read about how hard he had to work to achieve his dreams in life and also to hide the fact for so long that he was gay. An interesting read into a slight glimpse into Lance's life, great for a fan and even a non-fan who just wants to know more about this man's life.
I can't believe I read this book..
I guess growing up with the boy band era made me obligated to at least read it.
I guess growing up with the boy band era made me obligated to at least read it.
I was going to be Mrs. Bass. I just knew it in my heart. Of course, I was an obsessed, hormonal pre-teen then, and the object of my affections hadn't jumped to the other side of the railroad tracks yet. Well, actually, he had, but he didn't tell anyone.
But times change, and now I am a...well, obsessed hormonal college student with the hots for a certain American Idol winner. (I guess not much has changed after all.) But all that aside, when I found out that my former future husband had told his story, I couldn't help but pick it up and give it a read. Having been a seriously dedicated fan of his and *NSYNC's since No String Attached, I knew everything about the Mississippi hottie, including his favorite ice cream flavor (Butter Pecan). It turns out, I didn't know as much as I thought I did.
With an introduction by biographer Marc Eliot, Out of Sync covers Lance's entire twenty-eight years on this Earth in 192 pages. Bass doesn't swell on too many details, but gets right to the high and low points of his life, including stints with show groups Attache and the Mississippi Showstoppers (high), the hiding of his sexuality (low), and the success (high) and break-up (low) of one of the world's greatest pop/R&B bands, *NSYNC.
His simple and straight-forward words and stories make the reader feel as though they are having an easy, relaxing conversation with Bass. His youthful approach makes the book come off as a sort of journal, foreshadowing what millions of people found out years after *NSYNC's separation: Lance Bass is gay. He reveals in Sync (pardon the pun) that, in spite of his past relationship with Boy Meets World actress Danielle Fischel (whom he does not mention), among other females, he knew he was "different ever since I was five years old."
A shame for us girls. But hey! We can still dream. After all, that's what Bass did, and he became one-fifth of one of the greatest bands the world over.
But times change, and now I am a...well, obsessed hormonal college student with the hots for a certain American Idol winner. (I guess not much has changed after all.) But all that aside, when I found out that my former future husband had told his story, I couldn't help but pick it up and give it a read. Having been a seriously dedicated fan of his and *NSYNC's since No String Attached, I knew everything about the Mississippi hottie, including his favorite ice cream flavor (Butter Pecan). It turns out, I didn't know as much as I thought I did.
With an introduction by biographer Marc Eliot, Out of Sync covers Lance's entire twenty-eight years on this Earth in 192 pages. Bass doesn't swell on too many details, but gets right to the high and low points of his life, including stints with show groups Attache and the Mississippi Showstoppers (high), the hiding of his sexuality (low), and the success (high) and break-up (low) of one of the world's greatest pop/R&B bands, *NSYNC.
His simple and straight-forward words and stories make the reader feel as though they are having an easy, relaxing conversation with Bass. His youthful approach makes the book come off as a sort of journal, foreshadowing what millions of people found out years after *NSYNC's separation: Lance Bass is gay. He reveals in Sync (pardon the pun) that, in spite of his past relationship with Boy Meets World actress Danielle Fischel (whom he does not mention), among other females, he knew he was "different ever since I was five years old."
A shame for us girls. But hey! We can still dream. After all, that's what Bass did, and he became one-fifth of one of the greatest bands the world over.
Light, fun, and very quick read especially if you grew up an N'Sync fan and because I did I loved the voyeristic quality of this book. It is also a wonderful coming of age love story-I can't believe how much he was able to keep hidden from the public.
