Nerd Do Well (Abridged): A Small Boy's Journey to Becoming a Big Kid Audiobook

" In keeping with the other nerd book I just read, I followed it up with this fun read about Simon's life so far. Written with that great English humour I've always enjoyed, I can't wait to see what he comes up with next. "

" It's a shame that Simon Pegg killed off Ben, his editor from Century in the adventure fiction that is interspersed through the book. He really could have used an editor. He jumps all over the place, making it hard to follow. It shows that he was uncomfortable writing about himself, resulting in a generally uninteresting book. Sorry, Simon, I like your films but you should have skipped writing this book, maybe till later in your career, until you felt more comfortable writing about yourself and allowing someone to edit your work so it's coherent. "

" A mix of childhood reminiscences, discussion of his influences and what makes them special (I enjoyed the part where he applied his film-theory knowledge to things like Star Wars - much like literary analysis, once learned it's always in the back of your mind), and silly humor. Ended very abruptly - I was surprised to find no amusing anecdotes from the making of his movies, but I can understand his reasoning behind not gossiping about other famous people. Entertaining. "

" I like Simon Pegg and am definitely a fan of his work. This is going to sound dumb because I chose to read his autobiography, but I probably didn't need to know this much detail about his life. I did get several genuine laughs out of it, and I loved the sexy and silly spy novel interludes. Before reading this, I felt that Pegg seemed like a smart and funny guy who I'd like to get a pint with. I'm glad that this book confirms it. "

" Now I want to watch the original star wars and hot fuzz... "

" Audio Book. Good fun but I really got tired near the end of the book of Pegg just dropping names and gushing about the circularity of getting to work with his childhood idols. Would have been a 4 star otherwise. "

" Interesting and funny and just a bit crazy. Loved the switching from life story to life fantasy although this was disconcerting on ebook and made me switch to paper. "

" A fun listen...Simon Pegg has every fanboy/fangirl's dream life. I listened to it a second time without the side fictional story (which was cute, but not as interesting as his real life), and enjoyed it even more. "

" if you like Simon Peggy you will enjoy this book. He is funny and brilliant. "

" I love Simon Pegg, but I got bored with this not even half way through. Maybe I should have just skipped to when he was in Spaced. The chapters with his alter-ego were hilarious though. "

" sad monkey. I really, really wanted to like, nay, LOVE this book. And I didn't. I was so bored I dropped it only a few chapters in. I still love Simon Pegg, but I have realized I don't love the details about his life. "

" Enjoyable, but I got a bit annoyed by the sub-story sections at times. I thought the stand-out best bits were his analysis of the Star Wars movies, he is clearly a big film fan and has some interesting stuff to say in this area. "

" Very interesting read.big fan of his work. "

" I tried to laugh while laughing and choked on my own laughter. "

" I could not finish this. I was forcing myself to pick it up, and when I was reading it I found myself constantly having to reread the same paragraph over and over because it couldn't hold my interests. It's sad too, I love Simon Pegg! I was expecting something different from this book I guess. "

" More to love about Simon Pegg. "

" So much fun stuffed between two covers. "

" Brilliant! Simon Pegg is such a funny man and he brings this humour into his memoirs. I have to say though I especially loved the fictional lead-ins to the chapters and the Star Wars script at the end. "

" Zombies, Star Wars and chapters about his fictional life as a super hero--what's not to love? "

" It is simply the best auto-biography that I have ever read. "

" I audiobooked this....I could probably listen to Simon Pegg all day!!! "

" as if my crush on him before reading this book wasn't bad enough, he had up his film geek factor by tossing in some film theory... and now i love him. so much more than i expected. "

" An amazing memoir from a very funny actor. If you liked either Shaun of the Dead or Hot Fuzz then this is a definite read for you. "

" Big fan of Simon Pegg. So far I'm finding it both bizarre and hilarious. "

" this was a fun read filled with humor, insight, and very much simon peggish in its execution. we meet a young simon pegg as he goes from young child to grown man child. plus a very funny scene that should have been in a star wars movie. "

" So far so good. Simon Pegg proves himself as a wonderful entertainer even in his first book. "

" This was enjoyable and I liked Pegg's style, but it ultimately felt like the conclusion was rushed and so didn't really 'do' it for me. "

" Loved it. Especially his script at the end of the book, explaining the meeting among the Jedi after Anakin became Darth Vader. "

" Not as indepth or nerdy as I has hoped "

" Brilliant, I've gone back and watched Spaced, Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz. Have now also bought his first series Big Train "