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Making It So

Patrick Stewart

4.25 AVERAGE

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I think it is fair to say that Sir Patrick Stewart is a bit of a legend of stage and screen, and as a fan of an acting memoir, this is one I have long been looking forward to. The audio book is enjoyably narrated by the man himself too, even if his voice is a little less strong than in former days.

Stewart begins at the beginning, with his threadbare roots in a one-up-one-down in West Yorkshire, and then ambles through his acting career, and personal life, for a whopping run time of just shy of 19 hours - which is very impressive for a memoir of this kind. He goes into all the nooks and crannies of his roles of stage and screen, which I found hugely entertaining, and, in some case, very enlightening about his emotional state during some of the roles (particularly when it comes to his incredible performance on the stage as Macbeth, which I was very fortunate to see first hand in London's West End).

There are times when this feels like it is more directed at Stewart's trans-Atlantic fans, rather than his fellow Brits, which is faintly irksome on occasion - perhaps a UK edition would have been a good idea here, as I really did not need some of the explanations he finds necessary about British history/culture/settings? Fortunately, these moments become less frequent as the book progresses.

I really enjoyed this memoir. There are golden moments when he reveals the man behind to acting roles, his humour is infectious, and I became quite emotional when he talked about his complicated relationship with his family.

One of the best, and most detailed, acting memoirs I have had the pleasure to listen to.