MontanaBlack II by Marcel Eris and Denis Sand
Last updated on January 7th, 2024 at 03:44 pm
MontanaBlack II – Vom Youtuber Zum Millionär is the sequel to MontanaBlack and the second part of Marcel Eris’ story about his YouTube life and career.
MontanaBlack II Book Review
As I liked the first book, I also chose the second. I’m still not used to autobiographies, but reading was fun.
The second book continues where the first one ends – check out my review for the first part. It focuses on Marcel Eris, aka MontanaBlack88’s online story.
Starting from his very first PC for 100€ and an old cam from his dad, to his passion for CoD, the very first GamesCom with other Youtubers like ELoTRiX, fan meetings in Hamburg, visits in London and Los Angeles for Activision to his time on Twitch as streamer.
He’s talking about the highs, like when he earned his own money with videos on YouTube, the boom of Fortnite, and his house.
But also tells about his lows, like when he got exploited by his friends because of his money and fame or when his account got locked on Twitch for inappropriate comments. Or that he got robbed of his privacy as a “public person” when people sent invoices to his address or someone even broke in.
It includes all events until 2020 when he got banned on Twitch for 33 days because of an inappropriate sexistic comment on his vacation trip during a livestream.
The book entertained me like it should be, and I usually don’t read biographies. Even tho the first 60-ish pages were to freshen up the memory from what he told in his first book, this one’s still better.
He tells a lot about the dark sides of his fame, the pressure, and even the depression he went through and might even still go through.
It’s easy to forget about the human being behind those videos. Because it seems so easy: Record a video and post it. But in the end, the fame has a huge dark side. We hardly talk or even think about it. It’s good that he’s talking about this side.
He mentions some of his latest “scandals” (or, well, what the media turned them into), and as I do agree that the media – and the internet – can be harsh, someone as a “public person” has also somewhat behaved as a role model. We don’t always immediately see ourselves as such, but being represented in the World Wide Web, significantly beyond the younger audience, gives us responsibility.
It doesn’t mean it does not impact anyone if you don’t have an audience.
I think we all should keep that in mind.
Final Thoughts
It’s a successful second book about Monte’s online life story. And I can suggest it to all the fans of the Youtuber. They will have fun during the reading.
Ultimately, the sooner someone realizes their role in the community (depending on the role), the sooner we can learn from it.
I am not the biggest fan of biographies, but in this case, I had a special interest in the story, so I went for it.
Have you heard about the book? Or the YouTuber, and is it on your list? What do you think? Let me know in the comments!
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