Tom Cruise by Andrew Morton (2008, Hardcover)

Like many, I grew up a fan of Tom Cruise,but when Tom went bonkers a few years ago on Oprah and even before that, divorcing Nicole Kidman and professing to "know the history of psychiatry," I liked him a whole lot less. I really tried to like this book a lot, but truthfully, if you follow the gossip about Tom and Katie then you have heard it all before. There was nothing really new. Yes,....we all know that there is a big mystery surrounding his divorce from Nicole Kidman, but it would have been nice to have Morton dig further and find out some facts on why this is so. Yes again....we all know about Tom and Katie's first date, but what about their first night together? If you want anything different or juicy, it just isn't here. We all know that Katie was suppose to be carrying the new Ron Hubbard. The Scientologist that predicted that just made the couple look foolish....or more foolish than usual. Morton seems to like guessing what Tom or Katie might feel, but his guess is as good as ours. The first part of this book was tough to get through. All about Tom, but no interesting details or eye openers, all old stuff. It got a little better in the middle and end. The only thing Morton did was delve into Tom's role in Scientology and a lot of speculation. Frankly, I wanted to hear new things. I doubt there were any secret collaborators working on this book with Morton. If you are a real die-hard Tom fan than read this book, but you probably know all this stuff anyway.