Rating: 
- witty and cherishable
Skywriting by word of mouth. A very interesting book filled with very unique passages of writings and prose. I have read of all of John Lennon's works, and this one stands out to me. Like his other writings (In His Own Write and A Spaniard in the Works), there is a style that incorporates wit, charm, humour, with a whole pile of puns: "He was very attached to his dog" takes a literal turn.
Unlike his other writings, Skywriting is a culmination of many short stories with several resurfacing characters that can be understood, to a point. All-in-all, this is a book that is sure to provide amusement.
Rating: - John at his wittiest! A Must-Have.
I love this book, his writings about him and Yoko, the Beatles breakup, Peace, his battle with the US government are very revealing.
But the book is a treasure because of the many "Lennonisms", such as:"why did the chicken cross himself"
"always a bridesmaid, never a couplet"
"if you can manicure a cat, can you caticure a man?"
"Maurice finished his donut, tipped over the waitress and headed for the door."
"this is my story both humble and true
take is to pieces and mend it with glue"
There's so much more, if you love Lennon, you'll love this book.
Rating: 
- made me want more
... of the autobiographical stuff in the first part of the book. John's good at telling what and how, not so good at delving into the why. Whose bright idea was it to use heroin? Why can't he muster anything warmer toward the Beatles than "I bear them no ill will"? Why did he and Yoko allow themselves to get sucked into the revolutionary peace movement when he plainly says it was at odds with his own beliefs? The few morsels we get here really make me wish he had sat down long enough to write a proper autobiography. I guess he figured he had plenty of time... or else had already said what he wanted to say in his songs. In the later writings, certain turns of phrase and wordplay jump out amidst the (sometimes unreadable) jumble of a restless and always innovative mind. This is a man in love with language for its own sake - "making sense" is beside the point. But it's quite obvious that had he wanted to write stories that made sense in the conventional way, he would've been damn good at it.
The drawings are spare of line, but full of charm. Pretty much like the man himself.
