Jenson Button

Decent book, good performance but...

...the narrator made a lot of pronunciation mistakes in drivers' names. Not a major problem, but it does pull the listener out of the story as it jars somewhat. Could have been easily avoided with a bit of prior research.

6 of 6 people found this review helpful

Interesting listen but narrator needed guidance

On the whole, I really enjoy this insight into Button's life and career (so far). He gives a good amount of detail, without going too far, and for a longtime F1 fan it was good to hear more about what really goes on "behind-the-scenes".

Unfortunately, the narrator of this book clearly knows nothing about Formula 1 as he read everything far too literally, case in point saying "K.E.R.S" instead of "kers", and got the pronunciation of almost all the other drivers' names wrong, which for an F1 fan is very annoying to keep hearing them said wrong.

Surely they could have found a narrator who was also an F1 fan or spent 10 minutes with the guy explaining the pronunciations.

Even better, Button could have read it himself, which I think would have really added to the experience.

5 of 5 people found this review helpful

Great story, some dodgy pronunciations.

A great book that will appeal to Jenson Button fans and F1 enthusiasts alike.

The only Issue I have with this book is some really poor pronunciations of really well known F1 drivers. Please to the narrators of these audio books, do some research first please as it sounds so unprofessional when you’re just guessing and getting it completely wrong. It does spoil the story as you’re trying to imagine Jenson himself speaking the words only for him to mispronounce his team mates name for example. It’s only a small detail but it shouldn’t happen.

2 of 2 people found this review helpful

brilliant!

surprisingly honest and written with emotion & a good insight into a very secretive sport

1 of 1 people found this review helpful

Excellent biography

An excellent non controversial book. Best autobiography I have listed too in a while. Would have loved to have known more stuff about behind the scenes.

1 of 1 people found this review helpful

Fantastic book by a true gentleman of f1

book was fantastic listen, from his karting days through ups and downs of his f1 career with plenty of insight into f1 really enjoyed listening while sunbathing on hoilday.

Cool story behind the man

The narrator clearly wasn't an F1 fan, with mispronounced names dotted about. He was effective though.
Jenson's story is very compelling, he really doesn't come off as a prima Donna at all and seems like a genuine gent.

Fascinating insight to the life of a great driver

I thoroughly enjoyed listening to the story of Jensen's career to date, and as an F1 fan particularly loved the "behind-the-scenes" info you can't get by simply watching the sport on TV.

A little disappointing it wasn't narrated by the author but Jack Hawkins had a similar voice so once you get into it you feel like it is Jensen reading. A few mispronunciation a aside he did a great job.

All in all I would recommend this book both to F1 fans and those who just enjoy a good autobiography.

If you like Jenson, you will like this.

Although you will probably find yourself imagining it in his voice. It does lose something being read by someone else, although the performance is Fine.

Great story - Brilliantly delivered

I started listening (walking the dog and running) to this thinking I would give it 10 mins or 1 chapter and that I’d probably know if it was bad by then. What I found was a great personal story brilliantly delivered. To be honest in place I found it emotional and I reflected on my own family relationships.... it’s a great listen and well worth the time. I’ll miss Jenson on my runs!