wavin-u

I absolutely love this book. It's sharp and dark and funny and disturbing. I felt joy and guilt reading it!

2022-10-15 03:26

viktorkrash

Being an F1 fan, it would be impossible not to want to read a book by the legendary commentator. I managed to get my hands on a copy and settled down with interest. Unfortunately, I found it quite slow going. Half the book is taken up with his previous life as an advertising executive, which is somewhat interesting. The rest is a whistle stop tour through his life as an F1 broadcaster. The problem I had with the book is that there was so much information about what has clearly been an amazing and very busy life, that there was very little substance. The only part I felt had some real depth to it was about his commentating partner James Hunt, there were stories, and feelings, and it made for an interesting read. The rest seemed very matter-of-fact, very factual in its descriptions but lacking the warmth and humanity that Murray always displays. I get the feeling he didn’t want to come across as boastful or make anyone jealous, but on the contrary – we are jealous but we want to read about the wonders, instead of being shielded from it. Sadly, I didn’t really enjoy the book, and I would only recommend it to die-hard fans.

2020-09-15 08:27

slonic

It's The Kiss, only with the narrator made into more of a victim (wishful thinking?) and about ten years younger. This was my third Kathryn Harrison book, and my last. Again with the haunting lyrical prose. Again with the themes of power and powerlessness, and gentle cruelty and desire and submission. Again with the semi-autobiographical stance that makes you wonder, with an inner sense of "ick." After a few hundred pages, all of Harrison's ideas start to sound the same.

2020-09-11 11:28

princessparadox

Cuốn sách này không cung cấp cái nhìn sâu sắc mà tôi nghĩ nó sẽ. Nó làm tôi nhớ đến "Ăn, cầu nguyện, yêu" nhưng thiếu chiều sâu (không phải là những điều đã nói ở trên có nhiều chiều sâu). Kết cục là một sự thất vọng vì cô quyết định rằng "bí mật" để bình yên với vấn đề ăn uống và cân nặng của mình là kiểm soát phần ăn và theo dõi những gì cô ăn. Gee - nghe quen không? Nhưng cuốn sách là một chút thú vị trong việc tìm hiểu làm thế nào một số loại thực phẩm làm cho nó từ đầu đến đĩa. Các thông tin lò mổ là sâu sắc trong một cách thức bệnh hoạn.

2019-12-09 08:46