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Loved this one. Learning about Patrick Stewart’s life and career was enjoyable, especially the sections on his start in theater and time on Star Trek tng. His narration of the audiobook was great, and I also learned more about his sense of humor and about his joy of human-squirrel intimacy. ;)
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This was enjoyable from the beginning to the end! His life is so fascinating, being born during WWII and growing up in abuse and poverty. How he came upon acting and his successes was so inspiring. Growing up in a family of Trekkies, the Star Trek portion was so entertaining! There are a lot of negative reviews that disparage his choices and relationships, but what I appreciated is his honesty. No one is perfect and I will not lower my rating based on his imperfections. His genuine, honest account makes me respect him as he bared his insecurities, sins and trials to the world. He is a remarkable person and this was beautifully written.
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As a life-long Star Trek fan and with TNG being one of the formative TV series of my childhood, when I saw this audiobook come up on Libby I had to pick it up. I waited for a long time for my turn - 12 weeks! - and it was worth it. I thoroughly enjoyed Patrick Stewart's memoir - the man tells a good story. I knew he was from Yorkshire and had a difficult childhood, but it was fascinating hearing about how he got from there to where he is now. It was weird hearing him swear as much as he does at first, but I quickly got used to it and it became funny and endearing. His voice has also very clearly aged and while I initially found that a bit sad, I got used to it and I think it's good to normalise that we are not going to sound the same our entire lives. On the whole, it had the feel of a grandfather telling the story of his life (though in truth, he's closer to my parents' age) while also swearing and confiding that he'd had lots of crushes, which I found quite entertaining and certainly made him seem more human! He seems quite self-aware and pointed out certain things he did in the past that now make him uncomfortable - like the famously racist episode of TNG for instance. All in all, this book made me appreciate Sir Pat Stew even more than I already did and it's made me want to seek out some of the non-TNG and non-Xmen stuff that he's done over his career.