English language
Published Oct. 29, 2010 by Century.
In all honesty, I adore Simon Pegg. I have a huge crush on him, despite the doubt it gives my husband in my taste in men. I could listen to Pegg read just about anything, and so listening to him talk about his life and narrate a ridiculous futuristic heist story in between was wonderful. I laughed out loud a lot, and would recommend this to anyone looking for a witty, good-natured laugh.
I wanted to love this book. Sadly it spends way too much time on his childhood and almost nothing on his adult life. Childhood just isn't an interesting time in most people's lifes.
Simon Pegg's autobiography in audiobook form is narrated by himself; as a result it's funny and entertaining, and comes across like a 4 hour long stand up comedy monologue. I see a lot of mixed reviews and I can imagine it might not be as coherent on printed paper, since so much of the tone comes from Pegg's delivery.
It's part autobiography, and part complete fantasy as he imagines his present self as some kind of Janes Bond-esque type translated into pulp sci form,with a robot butler and all. Strange, funny, sometimes confusing, and a bit too short, but still very entertaining at least in audiobook form.
