Freddie Flintoff: Coming Home: The Moments That Made Me

by Andrew Flintoff

336 pages, Hardcover

Published October 9, 2025

Reviews

[Stephen · Rating 3 out of 5]

easy going read

[Andrew Dawson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Amazing how Freddie's journey has come full circle. Having grown up watching him at the height of his career, it’s hard to overstate his impact - especially the 2005 Ashes - my first introduction to cricket. From my perspective as a counsellor, I found his openness around the psychological toll of his experiences, mental health struggles and various recoveries to be a lesson in resilience and post-traumatic growth. Freddie remains a legend not just for his talent on the cricket pitch (or the 'pedalo incident'), but for his immense courage in using his platform to mentor the next generation and bang the drum for mental wellbeing; An inspiring read that proves the strength found in vulnerability. It's also worth noting that I'm less bothered that my wife fancies him after reading this - top bloke!

[Nick Morton · Rating 4 out of 5]

Even though you know that it is ghost written it reads like Freddie talking which is what makes it so good. The chapters are numerous but short so get points across. He remains the loveable character that we all admired on the cricket field.

[Linda Amos · Rating 5 out of 5]

I am not a cricket fan and I don't follow celebrities, but I have a great deal of time for Freddie. He's giving back to the sport and encouraging children into it. Not for himself. For them. This is a raw, honest story of his life, trauma and what he's faced on and off the pitch. It hasn't been an easy life because he doesn't take the easy option. Don't expect much about his accident, it's more about his cricketing career, where he's going now and him.
I really enjoyed it. Parts must have been hard to write but it's plain spoken, no frills, this is how it is Freddie.

[Lisa Whittaker · Rating 4 out of 5]

I listened to this on audio which was read by Freddie.

I’m a huge cricket fan and love Freddie so, as you can imagine, I loved listening to his story.

Aside from the cricket, Freddie has faced his demons. From bulimia, to suffering with depression and then onto the accident that almost killed him.

An honest, gritty listen. Freddie’s story starts with his parents watching him play cricket as a young boy to him now watching his sons.

If you only want to read this book because you want to read about the accident then don’t bother reading it as he doesn’t talk about the actual accident, just the aftermath and how he got through that time.

A great read.

[Sahar]

I don’t rate memoirs but I really enjoyed the audiobook of this one. There is a bonus interview at the end too.

I grew up watching cricket so I’ve loosely followed FF’s career and more recently his Field of Dreams and Disney documentaries.

This is an unfiltered account of an incredible career. Yes there are cliches and it’s peppered with sayings but I think if it was watered down by editors he’d not want it released. One thing FF is going to do is be honest and stay true to himself and I really enjoyed how frank he was at times about the toxic UK media and fame that comes with being a household name.

If you’re expecting a blow by blow account of his crash on the set of Too Gear then you’ll be disappointed as he says early on that he won’t be going into it it’s obvious how much of an impact it’s has on him.

[Keith Oliver · Rating 5 out of 5]

When he played cricket I admired him asa cricketer. Since he retired I've admired him as a person and really liked his latest TV series. This made it a bit harder to be objective with the book as judging the person can take over.

[Jake Burritt · Rating 4 out of 5]

I listened to this book, read by the author and it was a very entertaining reading, or listen... I'm not sure how I ended up picking a book about the cricket player.Because I literally have no clue how cricket works.But spotify recommended it and so I just rolled with it. this book was well written and well read. my thirteen year old twins were even entertained on their way to school listening to the book every day, probably because of the British accent, but he was just an interesting character anyway. the book was filled with good life advice and interesting perspectives. Nice book.

[Joe Walker · Rating 3 out of 5]

A perfectly fine read with some amusing and / or interesting anecdotes, though a very whistle-stop tour through a long and varied career. I feel Flintoff is at his best (likely due to his love for the sport) when talking about cricket or cricketers, with many of the other sections about television and other endeavours feeling glossed over by comparison, as though they have to be included for completeness but he cannot muster the same passion and enthusiasm to devote writing space to them.

The writing style is quite awkward at times, with an over-reliance on clichés and turns of phrase. There is clearly an attempt to keep this book almost 'conversational', but if I was being harsh it comes across instead as quite basic. I did also notice one major editing error where a few lines were repeated back-to-back verbatim.

Overall quite a threadbare but still worthwhile insight into one of the sport and entertainment world's most likeable characters. It isn't a terrible book but it has a sense of only scratching a surface on many areas. A more focussed book on a smaller section of his career might have been more rewarding, though I have no doubt we will see a further memoir later on which may again rehash much of the same ground.

[Adelyne · Rating 4 out of 5]

4 stars.

A candid-sounding autobiography by cricketer Freddie Flintoff, who reads the audio version himself. I didn't know much about him before apart from his cricketing exploits in the 2000s, certainly didn't realise he'd tried to launch a pro wrestling career afterwards, a career choice I found very interesting and the various other issues that he'd faced especially during the time where his cricketing career seemed to be doing very well.

[Bernie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Honest

[Diego Atterbury · Rating 4 out of 5]

**Audiobook** simply great. Loved that Freddie read it also.

[Christina Coulter Reilly · Rating 5 out of 5]

Weirdly enough, for an autobiography it isn’t just all about himself. There’s a warm presence to the book that makes it a very easy read.