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Making It So by Patrick Stewart

13 reviews

meganpbennett's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

A fascinating look at the life of Sir Patrick Stewart. Well worth the read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Animal death, Infidelity, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Death

madamenovelist's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Classism, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, and Animal death

Moderate: Misogyny, War, Pandemic/Epidemic, Xenophobia, Cultural appropriation, and Racial slurs

lizreadsbooks's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

4 stars for storytelling, as I quite enjoyed listening to Sir Patrick Stewart recall the stories of his life and career in this audiobook. Readers should know, though, that this leans heavily into his career and less so into his personal life and relationships. If you’re not here for Shakespeare, this can feel a bit plodding through the middle. However, I liked his honesty about his successes and failures on stage and off, as well as his admission of being an imperfect human like the rest of us. There’s not much here about TNG, but the bits about it are lovely. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Physical abuse

Moderate: Animal death

heather667's review

dark emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Classism, Animal cruelty, Infidelity, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Bullying, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Grief

Minor: Gun violence, Torture, Gaslighting, Pandemic/Epidemic, Racism, and Suicide

queer_bookwyrm's review

emotional funny informative inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

5.0

5 ⭐ CW: domestic violence, suicide mention, death of family members, animal cruelty/death mention 

Making It So: A Memoir by Sir Patrick Stewart is my first read of the New Year! I'm not typically a memoir reader, but I make an exception for Star Trek greats. 

Patrick Stewart takes us through his entire life, starting with his love of stage acting and passion for Shakespeare all the way through his time with Star Trek: The Next Generation, the X-Men franchise, and the intricacies of his life. He is so open and honest about every part of his life, not just the successes, but his mistakes and struggles, including his failed marriages and relationships, and his insecurities around being a leading man on the stage and in front of the camera. 

Honestly, it was like reading about an old friend. I found myself smiling a lot and even laughing out loud a bunch of times at his storytelling. It's no secret I'm a huge Trekkie, and adore Captain Jean-Luc Picard. I so enjoyed reading this in his voice and learning all the behind the scenes moments of his life. He is brilliant, modest, genuine, and quite funny. I do hope he is able to make the Picard movie he is trying to get. 

I definitely recommend this for anyone who cherishes Captain Picard, Professor X, or any iteration of Shakespeare Patrick has been a part of. He kept me engaged (pun definitely intended) the whole time. Thank you, Captain, for Making It So. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide

katiemack's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

I would listen to Patrick Stewart read the fine print of a legal document, so being able to hear him talk about his life for nineteen hours was a real treat for me.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infidelity

Minor: Animal death and Animal cruelty

kibbles15's review against another edition

emotional funny informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Alcohol, and Animal death

Minor: Sexual content and Infidelity

laurasullivan's review

funny informative lighthearted medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Suicide, and Death

Minor: Alcohol

shoohoob's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced

4.0

As a long time Star Trek TNG fan, this was such a treat! I admittedly didn’t know much about Patrick Stewart outside of Trek, and this was so fun to listen to. Love that it was read by the man himself too!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infidelity, Animal death, Physical abuse, Animal cruelty, and Alcohol

Minor: Antisemitism

tinytrashqueen's review

emotional reflective slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Infidelity