Making Waves: The Autobiography

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Pages: 304 (Paperback)

ISBN: 0340909307

Pub: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd

Pub date: 2007-05-17

Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 119274

Reader Reviews:

Excellent (0/0 people found this helpful)

Whether you are a fan of David's or just love to read biographies this is an excellent book.

David writes from the heart and shares with us his joys and despair. It gives us insight to the man himself, (the star of "Knight Rider", "Baywatch" and the talent he has for singing). We find out about his working life and his home life and the struggles he's had throughout and finally come to terms with everything to straighten his life out.
Besides being just the average every day guy he's met some wonderful people which he also shares with us.

I'm a great fan of David's, (both his acting and singing), I have grown up watching both his shows and listening to his music, so this book has been great to read.

Books like this that the star wants to share with is always great, I just wish the media would let people in the public eye have a private life and let the star decide whether they want to share their life with others, and all the charity work he's done for sick children. That is why I enjoy reading biographies; they are a great insight to the individual.

I found this a compelling book, it has some lovely colour and black and white illustrations, it was very interesting and enjoyable. It's a book I shall read again and it was worth every penny. :-)

There is only one thing you can say about this book. (1/2 people found this helpful)

The song 'Hot Shot City' is particularly good.

Is there no beginning to his talents? (6/7 people found this helpful)

We, the unworthy public, are allowed an insight into the living legend that is David Hasselhoff. One cannot underestimate the gratitude which we should be showing.

David shares with us what it is like to be a globe-straddling supernova of a star - that this incredible individual is mere skin and bones like the rest of us may come as a surprise.

The 2nd division footballer's bubble perm, the carefully sculpted mullet, the medallion nestling in those chest hairs - it's all here.

I have sold most of my other books - for me there can be nothing more significant, I laughed, I cried, I broke wind - this book will have you questioning the very philosophy of life itself.

definitely very interesting book for his fans! (0/0 people found this helpful)

David Hasselhoff has a lot to tell in this 277 pages counting autobiography. He begins with his birth and introduces his parents and sisters. He also tells about the many pranks he did on his family, friends and at school.. He tells about his role in the Young and the Restless which he did for six years, his role in Knight Rider which lasted four years and his role in Baywatch for 11 years.

What touched me the most in this biography are the stories that David Hasselhoff shares about his visits to children in hospitals and the invitations to sick children to join him on the Knight Rider set. He fulfilled a lot of sick and dying children's (last) wishes and these stories were really sad most of the time but it was great to read that Mr Hasselhoff took time and really cared for these kids.

In his writing Mr Hasselhoff is very honest in portraying fellow actors or producers, friends, lovers and family. He tells it truthfully (as far as we can tell) but does not put people in a bad spotlight. He also explains his constant feeling of loneliness and the resulting drinking problem. David Hasselhoff was raised as a catholic and he learned not to judge people by their race, during his many visits to Africa and other countries he often discovered racism and apartheid and he mentions it a lot in his stories. Being so catholic the fact that his first marriage had broken off was a big thing for him to handle. But then his music career took off and he visited a lot of countries with his close friends and at home he had a lot of animals to keep him company. Baywatch and a new love soon followed.

The rather long chapters about Knight Rider, Baywatch and his music career are probably most interesting for true David Hasselhoff fans. They will find this a wonderful inspiring book that lets you meet the true David Hasselhoff. At times I felt like he was claiming a bit too much credit for his 'heroic' actions. But I think this is typical celebrity behaviour so I can accept it. I thoroughly enjoyed this autobiography!

-reviewed by Eveline for Euro-Reviews

An insight into a legend (3/4 people found this helpful)

Never has an autobiography been so eagerly awaited. Never has one man been so googled. Here we have an insight into the heart and soul of a chap that we all love, admire and enjoy reading slightly bizarre e-mails about. My Hoff distribution list is longer than my Christmas Card list, I like to pride myself in being just one link in the chain that makes Mr Hasslehoff the King of the Internet. Now we are fortunate enough to be allowed an insider view into the fascinating (and surprisingly well written) world of the man that made Saturday nights in with your dad an ok thing to do (though my dad does still insist that he watched Baywatch for the exciting plot lines). Be prepared for the heart break of his doomed marriages, his valiant battle with the bottle, but above all, his unsinkable, contagious sense of humor. Here is the man we all wish we could sing Karaoke with. Long live The Hoff.

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