The Book Of Fred

by Freddie Flintoff

292 pages, Unknown Binding

Published January 1, 2021

Reviews

[Staceywh_17 · Rating 5 out of 5]

Here we have more of Freddie's outlooks on his childhood, family life and snippets from his varying careers from being one of England's most prolific cricketers, to his presenting career on Top Gear.

Full of Fred's wit, wisdom and an honest insight into his world.

A highly immersive, entertaining and enjoyable read.

Rating 🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏

[Ashlyn L]

Enjoyed some of it but if he’d mentioned he used to work in Woolworths once more (see guys I’m just like you) or mentioned that his car was only 15k as that seemed more reasonable I would’ve screamed.

[mrsbookburnee Niamh Burnett · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was such an interesting book, I enjoyed learning about his childhood/ cricket life.

[Giles Burrows · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'm not a follower of Flintoff or cricket but I like to listen to biographies and memoirs read by the person themself. This is a memoir in only the loosest terms. It's more a rambly journey where he tells us his views on things like fame, with plenty of anecdotes to make his points. I find it hard to square his statements that he's a introverted, awkward person who doesn't make friends easily with the boisterous, cheeky chappie that he appears to be. There were plenty of things he said about himself that surprised me. There's little of Top Gear here and nothing about his most recent accident as this was written before that happened. This is certainly not a book that's been ghost written. The way he read it, you could tell these were his words. It sounded almost off the cuff. I was tepid at the start of the book but I definitely warmed to him by the 2nd half. 3/5

[Stuart Lister · Rating 5 out of 5]

As with all of Freds books, bloody brilliant

[Rob Payne · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cracking insight to his later career after cricket