Seven Deadly Sins: Settling the Argument Between Born Bad and Damaged Good

Brilliant piece of work. You can tell that this book had no "ghost writer" as it is worded exactly as Corey would speak it. You can almost hear his voice in the back of your minds as the words enter your vision. He really makes a great "argument" about wether the seven deadly sins are indeed deadly and includes outrageous personal experiences along the way. This book is not for everyone however. Corey has an extensive vocabulary and uses many words not commonly heard in everyday use.... and metaphors are found on every page. I had no problem following it, but my 17 year old stepson who is a huge fan and couldnt wait to read the book after me.. was completely lost and confused by page 10 and gave up. You have to be familiar with Corey's style of speaking and a good knowledge of underused words to be able to really appreciate his message. If you cannot decipher the meanings behind his song lyrics, you will not easily understand this book. For those that can.... you will have a hard time putting it down! Die hard christians may want to steer clear as well.... as Corey has many agnostic/athiestic views and some may take offense. Being agnostic myself I really related to his ideas. I really enjoyed his first book and hope that he writes another soon!

As other reviewers have said, it's not an autobiography, although it does contain anecdotes and insights into Corey Taylor's life. It's more of a philosophy about what sins are (old and new), what human nature is, and how it all fits into life. Each of the 7 deadly sins has its place, and in Corey T's world, that place isn't always where you expect.In this book, Corey Taylor's thoughts are clear and well developed, and his style is conversational. It's surprisingly clever in places. From the moment I picked it up, it held my interest and kept it throughout. You feel like you're listening to him talk (where's that audio book?)It's well worth the read.

I love this book I’m so excited to read it.

This book is unbelievably difficult to put down. If you like Slipknot or Stone Sour, particularly the style of lyricism used, you will love this book. THIS BOOK IS NOT AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY. This book is themed. As the title suggests it is about the Seven Deadly Sins. Particularly why they are horse s*** and no guide for a moral life. The book is both hilarious and intelligent. Each chapter discusses a different sin which is explained, counter examples are given for why it doesn't make sense, stories are employed from Corey's past to better drive home the point, then Corey says something that makes you laugh for ten minutes and you start on the next chapter. In the end, the sins are replaced by more accurate ones. Overall, great book.

One night recently I stumbled upon some online movies of Corey talking and I thought to myself... geez I remember when Slipknot was just starting to come around and then when they got obscenely popular. This was back when I dyed my hair freaky colors and went through this phase of wearing crazy clothes. And I was like wow I guess we all grow up to look pretty normal looking at the end of the day. But then I thought geez he's way more well spoken than I would have thought. And way more musically diverse. At some point I completely stopped paying attention to who is in what band. And other than 15 year old magazine articles I couldn't have ever told you who was in Slipknot.At the end of the day I bought this book because Corey is reasonably well spoken and having read a few autobiographies documenting the rock life and the tragic childhoods of all the people I read about I wanted something different. I wanted to see what was rattling around in that head of his. His thoughts on stuff instead of a woe is me tale of why it sucks to be a rock star or lets tally how many people I've slept with. And that's what I got with this book.Now the writing style is a complete stream of consciousness which I like to read when dealing with topics like these. I'm a freak like that though and I'll admit it and I'll admit for a lot of people it's going to be a tough read because it flits topic to topic conversationally.There's a degree of language used in this book and depictions of some women that are less than flattering. But I'm also going to throw out there that some of the women depicted put themselves in less than flattering situations. I didn't see any hatred of women in this book. Just statement of some realities. In fact as everything kind of came to a close I saw the complete opposite of hatred.And there's complaints about his ego. I've spent the better part of my life hanging around bands. Lots of bands and people wanting to get famous. I hate to say it but there is a degree of ego and arrogance involved. So I'm not surprised about the degree of ego that comes out in this book whether joking or unintentionally. There is also a degree of ego when you scrape yourself up from nothing but nasty and make something of yourself. You have to have it for survival purposes. So I can't fault him or his writing style for that.I didn't always agree with what he said but I could see where he was coming from and it was an interesting view for me into his thought process.I guess if someone is coming here to find a book by someone humbly talking about their life and music career apologetically... this is not the book. If you're looking for a writer who stepping up and throwing his opinions out there on various topics in a conversational form... this is the book for you.

This is a very sensitive topic but I think it’s worth reviewing this book: My younger teenage brother attempted suicide a couple years ago - he wasn’t successful in taking his life but he is in recovery, doesn’t talk, needs help walking, can’t eat on his own, etc. He has always been a HUGE fan of Corey Taylor, has always loved Slipknot in fact I think I’ve always given him a different Slipknot shirts for Christmas lol. Still do! I had to buy this for him so I could go over and read to him and spend time with him, he was SO interested in this book and was laughing so hard at some parts. I had to step in the other room because I was tearing up because hearing him laugh so hard made me so happy. Corey Taylor is a very cool man, I look up to him a lot, I often think about how much he’s helped my brother in times of darkness.

El contenido se ve bien y la calidad también se ve buena

Who knew i would like to read that book , i was expecting nothing & at the end i was very surprised, if you a fan of slipknot you should read it

I've known how amazing Corey is as a musician, songwriter, and front-man. The reason why I rated five stars is that I needed something exactly like this book to read during these hard times. I couldn't put the book down for the simple reason of feeling I was having a conversation with a friend. Now I am curious to read the other books from this incredibly gifted and interesting man.

Werd aangeboden als een nieuw product maar ontving echter een gebruikt product. Het boek is dus al door iemand gelezen en vertoont overal slijtage.Hier een review geplaatst omdat de retour-functie van Amazon niet functioneerd.(Met alle respect voor de auteur en uitgever)

Good rude and raw reading! Very poetic sometimes too, I find. We recognize the lyric writer in the words he choose to make us feel what he want to say.