Brian Blessed's life has been full of incident and adventure. Here is a man of enormous vitality and exuberance whose enthusiasms have taken him all around the world and whose lust for life has enabled him to experience numerous wonders and to achieve so many goals. He is also a man of great generosity of spirit whose greatest pleasure is to inspire others to believe, as he does, that where there's a will, nothing's impossible. Collected here are stories from a life of richness, colour and drama. Some are hilarious, some are moving, some are ribald and outrageous, some are reflective and meditative, but all are entertaining.
Short and honest: Nothing's Impossible is a gutsy, uneven debut with real talent on display. What worked: a fresh, strange voice and a few scenes I haven't stopped thinking about. What didn't: the structure wobbles and a couple of characters never come into focus. Recommend for readers who like to catch a writer early, skip for anyone who wants a polished, finished-feeling book.
I finished Nothing's Impossible and called my mom, which tells you something. Brian Blessed writes about family in a way that feels lived-in, awkward silences and all. It's sentimental here and there, and I'm fine with that. Great for anyone with complicated relatives, skip if sappy isn't your thing.
Not the strongest of Brian Blesseds books, but it is an in between book. That said it doesn't take long before you are reading along to Brian's voice in your head and read on. Entertaining worth a read.
Not Brian Blessed’s best book - try Absolute Pandemonium for that - but great fun as always. That’s me read them all now but would love him to write one more about his later years as they are all hilarious and full of his love for life.