Whats it’s about
This is a bit tricky because its a memoir but its not all about his childhood, its a self help book but its not really, he moans a lot but he also talks about the joy in life its a chat with a good friend (if you got the audio book) but he’s a celebrity so he can’t be your friend it doesn’t work like that. So yes this book is a lot of things
Star rating
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ because its greg and it was really fun to read
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ because greg doesn’t like Paddington or tea (AND I DON’T MAKE TEA MY PERSONALITY promise)
With all that said let’s talk about the book. I ended up reading this (with my signed book from owl books) and listening to it as I spent the whole time reading it telling my husband that he should read it (which I’m now telling you) and he prefers audiobooks which is good as Greg did say though out the book that I should be listening to it anyway.
Review
As I said above this is a bit of a mash of a memoir and a self help book but only in the sense that greg talks about growing up a bit and gives some sound advice and the rest is a really funny book.
One thing that I have been trying to figure out with this book though is if you need to be a fan of greg James to enjoy this book, with a normal memory the answer would be easy no one wants to read about some block off the radio talking about growing up in a town in kent but then you throw in all the other stuff talking about funny stuff such as his namass and talking about not growing up and enjoying the things that you liked as a kid which makes me want everyone to give it a go even if all they get out of it is that they pick up an old hobby from there childhood. (I’ve just asked my husband if this makes sense and instead his given me the answer of no you don’t need to be a fan as he wouldn’t call him self a fan of greg james but his find it very relatable)
But with all that rambling I should probably actually talk about what i liked about this book.
I really liked the way the book flowed Greg did a really good job at making all the different topics fit together which made the book feel cohesive, such as having one chapter about not wanting kids (which i think was one of my favourite chapter as I don’t want kids) and then the next chapter was about having a dog which stared with Greg saying that maybe the the reasons they haven’t regretted not having a kids is because they have barney who is taking all there attention.
The mix of things greg talked about one chapter he spoke about long boi the longest duck and the next about driving to school with his mum
I really liked that there was some add lib in the audiobook which definitely made it 10% funnier and basically made it a more rude version of the breakfast show
That even though he is a very rich man (his words) its actually really quite relatable and I did find my self ageing with most of the things he said.
There are 30 chapters which are around 10 pages longs which then made it a great book to read in one month as I could read a chapter a day.
And things that I didn’t like about the book
He dose swear a lot more then I was expecting but of course he would his a 40 year old man and he only doesn’t swear on the radio one breakfast show because he would probably lose his job.
And that is my review I hope you enjoyed.