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A review by fredurix
Absolute Pandemonium: My Louder Than Life Story by Brian Blessed
5.0
First off, let me give a word of warning: If (non-determinate) you are planning to read this book, I must insist that you immediately drop that notion and instead listen to the audiobook - read by the man himself - for the true Blessed experience!
Now for me thoughts on the book itself: I, likely like many others, mainly knew Brian Blessed from his memorable part as Lord Vultan in Flash Gordon, a movie certainly not neglected in this life-story, but only one chapter in a string of tall tales literally spanning from birth to (not his own thankfully, but nevertheless) grave, including adventures in theater, mountaineering and international politics. And it's all quite magnificent. Some of them seem a bit too good to be true, especially one episode that just made me throw up my hands and laugh in delighted disbelief, by which I mean; when it's this good, it's also too good to question. True or false, what matters is I left the book with a good smile on my face. Well done, Brian old son!
Now for me thoughts on the book itself: I, likely like many others, mainly knew Brian Blessed from his memorable part as Lord Vultan in Flash Gordon, a movie certainly not neglected in this life-story, but only one chapter in a string of tall tales literally spanning from birth to (not his own thankfully, but nevertheless) grave, including adventures in theater, mountaineering and international politics. And it's all quite magnificent. Some of them seem a bit too good to be true, especially one episode that just made me throw up my hands and laugh in delighted disbelief, by which I mean; when it's this good, it's also too good to question. True or false, what matters is I left the book with a good smile on my face. Well done, Brian old son!