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I Am What I Am
by John Barrowman
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Hardcover
Publisher: Michael O'Mara
ISBN13: 9781843173793
Condition: NEW
Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Written with John’s trademark style, I Am What I Am is filled with juicy titbits from behind the scenes of Doctor Who and Torchwood, alongside heartwarming family anecdotes and personal revelations, including John’s perspective on fame and how it has affected him. Intimately exploring aspects of John’s current life, this memoir gives fans the opportunity to get up close and personal with exclusive anecdotes from recent and ongoing projects, all told with John’s trademark charm and humor—an unmissable treat for any fan.
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| Revealing, but not as intended |
| Customer Rating: 3 out of 5 |
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Let me say first that I am a fan of John Barrowman. I like his work, have seen him on stage, screen and TV. That having been said, I found this book (and it's predecessor) to be a bit of a cheat. After going to great (sometimes absurd) lengths to create an illusion of intimacy with the reader, he shows us a carefully crafted version of himself that is no more, nor less that what what will bolster his existing public persona. That is not intimacy, that is manipulation. His rather enormous ego can also be distracting (Is he really saying with a straight (pardon the pun)face that Kevin Kline and Ashley Judd were his "co-stars" in De-Lovely? If you blinked, you missed him...) He is a charming and talented man, both he and his readers would have been better served with more frankness and less posturing than is on display here.
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| Wonderful and warm |
| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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This book was wonderful and warm, an invitation from John to come into his home, relax in the living room, and listen to him tell funny and personal stories about himself and his very close knit family. From the way his sister, Carole, wrote it, you can hear John speaking throughout the book.
This book and the first book, Anything Goes, shouldn't be compared. These really are two different stories. Anything Goes is about John's career to date, I Am What I Am is about the person. Get the first if you're interested in a successful career, get the second if you're interested in John the person.
Personally, I wouldn't mind at all having John, Scott and the dogs as my next door neighbors.
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| I Am What I Am is a true hit!! |
| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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In this follow up of John Barrowman's Anything Goes, John with his sister Carole have taken us by the hand into John's wonderful family and entertainment life. Having been the handsome character Captain Jack Harkness in Dr.Who and the lead in Torchwood, John tells more stories. He tells of his partner Scott and their dogs. More of his family's antics when it comes to playing pranks on each other. And a few sweet and naughty things he's done.
It is a quick and funny read. There are many pictures of John's family and friends. I recommend it.
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