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sammystarbuck's review
3.0
An enjoyable look into the life and friendships of Burt Reynolds. Personally I would have preferred more about the movies and less "gossip", but YMMV.
Interestingly, I listened to the audio, narrated by Reynolds himself, and I was struck by how very emotional he was. To be fair, the sound editing wasn't particularly good anyway (plenty of rustling pages, false starts and hiccoughs), but there were many times where he seemed to struggle to get to the end of a sentence because of how emotional he got (either that or he was in a lot of pain!), and every now and then the final word or two got lost along the way.
When I think of Burt Reynolds, I usually think of him either grinning or fighting, so this definitely presented a whole new side to him.
Interestingly, I listened to the audio, narrated by Reynolds himself, and I was struck by how very emotional he was. To be fair, the sound editing wasn't particularly good anyway (plenty of rustling pages, false starts and hiccoughs), but there were many times where he seemed to struggle to get to the end of a sentence because of how emotional he got (either that or he was in a lot of pain!), and every now and then the final word or two got lost along the way.
When I think of Burt Reynolds, I usually think of him either grinning or fighting, so this definitely presented a whole new side to him.
gothamgal's review
3.0
Burt Reynolds spins a lot of time and covers a lot of people in this book. He has chapter headings that are people’s names. While I like that he dismissed and also gave insight into some of his feelings, some of them felt forced. Almost like he was trying to ask forgiveness before he had done something or said something. It was okay.
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