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4.25 AVERAGE
4.25 AVERAGE
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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.
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fully exposing myself as a double Patrick Stewart nerd for both Star Trek TNG and X Men, but I really enjoyed this book (especially with Patrick’s audiobook narration)
very fun to learn about his life and perspectives on his work
very fun to learn about his life and perspectives on his work
Fantastic. I especially liked how much theatrical detail was recalled and eloquently presented to the reader. Having performed in some community theater shows it was powerful to hear all these stories and follow Stewart's journey
hopeful
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Cool stories, none of them really relevant beyond the impact to his life
informative
lighthearted
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Fun learning about Patrick Stewart's life. I hadn't realized how much theater he did.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Blood, Death of parent, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Drug use, Grief, Pandemic/Epidemic
emotional
funny
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
lighthearted
reflective
slow-paced
This was a very in depth telling of Sir Patrick Stewards Life. The book talks about his very early days in the 50s and living in poverty to all the way to “Picard”. The book is extremely detailed and in depth and often spends hours talking about each decade.
As much as I enjoyed this book I found it very slow and often hard to get interested in finishing.
As much as I enjoyed this book I found it very slow and often hard to get interested in finishing.
If you know nothing of Patrick Stewart and love him. Honestly just read from chapter 16 on. I don’t know if he’s a good person anymore. In the second chapter he describes making a disabled child beat there hand on a brick wall for amusement as a child. Cheated on two of his 3 wives. Had a dog for a role. Loved the dog dearly. Then returned it to the shelter after!!!