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4.12 AVERAGE
4.12 AVERAGE
Wonderful read
Heartwarming and heartbreaking in equal measures. An inspiring journey, full of humour and humanity, that had me laughing out loud and crying my eyes out throughout.
Heartwarming and heartbreaking in equal measures. An inspiring journey, full of humour and humanity, that had me laughing out loud and crying my eyes out throughout.
audiobook - July 2019
What a fun read! I’ve decided memoirs and autobiographies need to be listened to, especially when narrated by the author/subject themselves. Sue was so fun to listen to. A mix of hilarious moments and memories, mixed with moments of seriousness and poignancy. I found myself cracking up several times, and even had to share a couple of snippets with the boyfriend, it was that funny. One of my favorite parts was a lovely and emotional chapter about her Dad and his passing. It may have been one of those moments for me, due to a death in my own family recently, but her words, tribute and final moments with him really touched me. I highly recommend this delightful read if you’re familiar with Sue (The Great British Bake Off) and want to learn more about her and her life journey, love travel memoirs, or if you’re in desperate need of a good laugh. I hope she’ll continue to share her stories — she’s brilliant!
What a fun read! I’ve decided memoirs and autobiographies need to be listened to, especially when narrated by the author/subject themselves. Sue was so fun to listen to. A mix of hilarious moments and memories, mixed with moments of seriousness and poignancy. I found myself cracking up several times, and even had to share a couple of snippets with the boyfriend, it was that funny. One of my favorite parts was a lovely and emotional chapter about her Dad and his passing. It may have been one of those moments for me, due to a death in my own family recently, but her words, tribute and final moments with him really touched me. I highly recommend this delightful read if you’re familiar with Sue (The Great British Bake Off) and want to learn more about her and her life journey, love travel memoirs, or if you’re in desperate need of a good laugh. I hope she’ll continue to share her stories — she’s brilliant!
adventurous
funny
medium-paced
I really like Sue Perkins, and as with the vast majority of funny humans she has a firm grasp on the other side to that particular coin. With this her second book we very much see both. It is a travelogue concerning her journey through India and South East Asia that she undertook for a documentary about the Mekong River interspersed with plenty of autobiographical anecdotes in turns laughter inducing and then inciting excuses such as “no, I’m not crying, it’s just my hayfever” when you’re actually properly sobbing because your heart hurts.
She speaks of poverty, the perils of capitalism, of humans always striving for more, the horrors humans face at the hands of humans, the horrors animals face at the hands of humans, the horrors the environment faces at the hands of humans, (can you figure out the common factor here) and she demonstrates these things by relaying the stories of the people and places she encounters. Yet somehow (and I cant quite work out how, it may just be her Sue-ness) she manages to not crush your spirit with all the awfulness.
She writes likes she comes across on TV, like a person you’d want to be friends with, who is funny and smart, and never takes herself too seriously. The only difference is, with her writing you get this other layer, she’s more than just witty, and it makes for a poignant intelligent book, that teaches and speaks of an awful lot more than what you’d maybe expect. It’s not a light sponge of a book, more like a slab of rich, dense gingerbread with a few fun sprinkles on top.
She speaks of poverty, the perils of capitalism, of humans always striving for more, the horrors humans face at the hands of humans, the horrors animals face at the hands of humans, the horrors the environment faces at the hands of humans, (can you figure out the common factor here) and she demonstrates these things by relaying the stories of the people and places she encounters. Yet somehow (and I cant quite work out how, it may just be her Sue-ness) she manages to not crush your spirit with all the awfulness.
She writes likes she comes across on TV, like a person you’d want to be friends with, who is funny and smart, and never takes herself too seriously. The only difference is, with her writing you get this other layer, she’s more than just witty, and it makes for a poignant intelligent book, that teaches and speaks of an awful lot more than what you’d maybe expect. It’s not a light sponge of a book, more like a slab of rich, dense gingerbread with a few fun sprinkles on top.
I am in love with sue her humour and wit shine through. Reading her books feels like you are reading her mind and for me I feel so privileged to see her thoughts and feelings and in one part we got to share her pain and her family’s pain of a loss. To also try and make you us the reader laugh so you are both crying with her pain and laughing with crying at something meaningful is well heart warming and beautiful. If I could tell sue I would say you are a beauty and my favourite with a wink