MixedThe Washington PostThe famed executive is more forthcoming than he has been in the past, particularly regarding his romantic life ... The memoir’s most notable (and news-generating) reveal is Diller’s first public acknowledgment that he is gay, a somewhat open secret but one that Diller had never confirmed ...
But surely there is more that Diller could say about what was happening inside his heart and mind during some of the key milestones on a relationship journey that often caused him immense anxiety ... Diller has every right to keep certain details of his private life to himself. But when you’re writing a memoir and you state from the jump that \'you’re too old to care\' what people think, readers will expect you to spill a little more than this ... His recollections of his time at Paramount and Fox are peppered with amusing and dramatic anecdotes about difficult deals he wrangled and intense creative arguments that reached high boil .... Rather than drawing any broad conclusions about his legacy, Diller lets Who Knew peter out with some pat concluding comments about how he remains curious and active at 83. He doesn’t acknowledge the most obvious common denominator in his life: fluidity.
Bono
PositiveVulture\"...a 500-plus page autobiography that occasionally gets bogged down in the micro details of political negotiations but is mostly an earthy, self-deprecating, often funny appraisal of the sometimes contradictory paths Bono has traveled ... The book is Bono at his Bono-iest: verbose, wry, inspiring, and fully aware of how grating he can be when his ego gets the best of him ... I’ve never fully understood the perception of Bono as someone who takes himself too seriously. His willingness to laugh at himself has always been evident, and it’s on full display in Surrender, which, a few goofy metaphors aside, is a lovely, thoughtfully written book.\
