Constantin

This book simply isn't my cup of tea, I dislike the narration style and it just doesn't make me want to get back to it. Hats off to the author for creating such believable characters and narrative, but I would only consider this mildly interesting if it were about a famous band I would be a big fan of.

3.5*

That was a long read. I can't say I was a big Barbra Streisand fan before, but I knew she just had to divulge a few juicy secrets and some interesting insights and boy was I right. The man in her life are something that deserves a mention alone (Pierre Trudeau, Marlon Brando just to name a few). The most interesting bit however was the realisation of why is she considered to be so attractive and feminine. Robert Redford put it best: “Barbra???her femininity brings out the masculinity in a man, and her masculinity brings out a man???s femininity, vulnerability, romanticism, whatever you want to call it.”

I would give it 4-4.5*, but the book is quite repetitive (talking about the same issues over and over again) and she appears to be a bit too full of herself at times.

5* for the humour, nothing beats good English humour and Dawn is so skilfully oozing it through every word
3* for the stories and storytelling. The book read more like a sketch for stand-up comedy

3.5*

It definitely got me curious to read some of her fiction works, however while reading this one in particular I was left wondering “who hurt you? what did they do to you?”. While I was able to resonate with her portrait of the modern world in some aspects, I was completely taken aback by others. Maybe we just live in different worlds

I was a big fan of Ronnie ever since he won his first masters and then became world's number 1 snooker player in late 2003-early 2004. He was playing against legends like John Higgins and the late Paul Hunter, all of whom were great players, but Ronnie had that special something that had more to do with playing the adversaries rather than playing the table. Finally I got to know what it is, but I won't leave any spoilers here. I'm glad he's turned his life around and I'm glad to see he's still at it, winning his 8th masters just as I was reading this book.