Review: "Out of Sync: a Memoir"

I admit it: I like the pop group N*Sync.

I picked up Lance Bass’ “memoir,” Out of Sync, hoping it would be some serious reflections on what he has gone through in his young life – he is twenty-eight. I also hoped he would address his claim to be both a Christian and a practicing homosexual.

Unfortunately, Bass’ book contains little that wasn't in the nightly news blurbs: the group was swindled by the first manager, Lance trained to be a cosmonaut, but his flight fell through, when Justin started work on his solo album, it meant the end for the group, and, as he states several times, God made him gay.

Bass has talent, but there is little reflection or meat in this book – it’s airier than their pop.