Call the Midlife

Although this has three parts really it is broken up into two distinct parts, the first part focuses on Chris taking stock of matters that are important to someone turning fifty and gives his account on them and then his marathon diary as well as including TFI Friday and Top Gear. For me the first p......more

Not great. Poorly written and no flow or organization, though there are rare bursts of insight in his Lists of Ten. Evans seems soulless somehow, or at best he has an adolescent maturity level but he's at least looking for something of depth (exemplified with his meetings with the archbishop and his......more

Another enjoyable read from Mr Evans. Really interesting insights and he has a really good outlook and approach to life. Funny to think how annoying I used to find him when I was younger! This book covered his marathon training which was really interesting- I remember him surprising everyone by reve......more

First off I must say that this book would almost certainly have received a four star rating from me were in not for the sheer number of typos. I remember hearing Chris Evans on his Radio show last year saying that he was late getting his edits to the publisher and it appears that when they finally d......more

I didn't enjoy this as much as the other two autobiographies he's done. I found the first third of the book where he is musing on various elements of life just plain awful. How can you be even vaguely interested in someone's opinions of death, religion, marriage, etc when he is probably worth over £......more