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3.85 AVERAGE
3.85 AVERAGE
I love her stand up, but the audiobook was a little all over the place, making it hard to follow (and she even admits in the book that she adds in A LOT of random footnotes that pop in her head).
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I saw Eddie when he did the book tour for this book at the Brown Theatre. During that "show," I realized that this book wasn't going to be the Eddie Izzard we were familiar with. Yes, it has some of the origins of his greatest hit bits in it. However, it's a personal memoir that largely recounts how the death of his mother affected him. In a lot of ways, still affects him. It's not as funny as you would hope it be, but it has its merits. If you are a fan of Izzard, I think you'll like it. Otherwise, I would skip it. It is a standard memoir and makes the same "You can do it if you work hard enough" message.
Just finished Believe Me: A Memoir of Love, Death, and Jazz Chickens, by Eddie Izzard.
I love his comedy and his stand-up routines, so yes I did love this book as well. It was interesting to learn about his childhood which had a major role in shaping him how he is today. He was also the first guy I heard do stand-up about Star Trek and Star Wars, and he had a British accent, so I loved him the first time I heard him. This book was written in 2017 after a documentary was made in 2009. Documentary was nominated for an emmy, which I plan to watch next. Very interesting is that he has started running marathons for charity, and ran the distance of 27 marathons in 27 days... but I'll let you read about that.
I love his comedy and his stand-up routines, so yes I did love this book as well. It was interesting to learn about his childhood which had a major role in shaping him how he is today. He was also the first guy I heard do stand-up about Star Trek and Star Wars, and he had a British accent, so I loved him the first time I heard him. This book was written in 2017 after a documentary was made in 2009. Documentary was nominated for an emmy, which I plan to watch next. Very interesting is that he has started running marathons for charity, and ran the distance of 27 marathons in 27 days... but I'll let you read about that.
I thoroughly adored this audiobook. I'm a fan of Eddie Izzard, so that helped. I enjoyed every little tangent and story and endless footnote he added in as he narrated the book. If you're also a fan, I highly recommend the audiobook.
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Disappointingly dull. I love Eddie Izzard's stand up, and he's an impressive character, so I really wanted to like this book. However, despite his eccentric personality and surreal comedy, his back story was pretty vanilla. Aside from the tragic loss of his mum from an early age, there's nothing that really stands out or makes for a good autobiography.
Normally his penchant for meandering and going off on tangents, is welcomed when he's dojg comedy, but here it just became onerous.
It got a bit more interesting towards the end when he talked about his impressive marathon endurance, but it wasn't enough to save the book.
Normally his penchant for meandering and going off on tangents, is welcomed when he's dojg comedy, but here it just became onerous.
It got a bit more interesting towards the end when he talked about his impressive marathon endurance, but it wasn't enough to save the book.
I loved the audiobook for this. The extended footnotes were wonderful once you just started to let him go.
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced