Oh dear! I read this book in November last year, can’t believe it’s been that long since I wrote something on here! Oops.

Anyhow, this is not surprisingly the autobiography of current Radio 2 Breakfast Show host, and sometime bad-boy, Chris Evans - up to a point anyway, this is just Part One with Part Two due later in the year I think.

Like most people, I became aware of Mr Evans when The Big Breakfast hit our screens as the antidote to the dullness of BBC News and TV-AM or whatever was on ITV back then.  For some strange reason, I can still remember getting up a little bit earlier to watch that first show - no idea why!

The book is good in that it doesn’t focus too much on anything in particular - Chris Evans is lucky in that respect, he has crammed a lot into his first thirty or so years!  The othet thing I like is that he appears to be 100% honest and open about most things.  For example, in some books when something juicy is about to be discussed, the author will say that he can’t mention names or if it involves money then he will say that he can’t disclose the sums - even though that’s often the bits a reader would be mostly interested in!

With this book though, that very rarely happens - he seems pretty comfortable talking about how much he was earning, and spending, at every point in his career.  Sure there is the odd point where he gets a bit coy, but it’s usually to spare someone else’s blushes rather than to cover up anything from his side.

Whether you will enjoy this book or not will largely depend on what you think of the author.  I’m not his biggest fan, although any time I caught him lately on his Radio 2 show or the acoompanying podcast, I’ve found him funny and engaging - a different person to how he used to be perhaps.  With age appears to have come a maturity and willingness to appreciate that he had to change for everyone’s sake, not least his own.

Unless you really detest the man, I’d recommend giving his book a go - I think most will come away liking him at least a little bit more…