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It's Not What You Think [Kindle Edition]

Chris Evans
4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (114 customer reviews)

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‘An eye-opening read’, OK Magazine

‘It is as an autobiographer that Chris Evans finally seems to have grown up’, The Observer

‘Full to the brim with fantastic anecdotes’, Heat

‘A critic confounding mea culpa of a memoir’, The Guardian

‘The guy can spin a yarn as long as long as the M1 and as colourful as his hair’, Now Magazine

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This edition does not include illustrations.

The story of how one council estate lad made good, really very good, and survived – just about – to tell the tale…

Chris Evans’s extraordinary career has seen him become one of the country’s most successful broadcasters and producers. From The Big Breakfast to Don’t Forget Your Toothbrush and TFI Friday, Chris changed the TV landscape during the ‘90s; and on Manchester’s Piccadilly Radio, BBC Radio 1’s Breakfast show and as owner of Virgin Radio he ushered in the age of the celebrity DJ.

But this is only part of the Chris Evans story. In this witty and energetically written autobiography, Chris describes the experiences that shaped the boy and created the man who would go on to carve out such a dazzlingly brilliant career. Born on a dreary council estate in Warrington and determined to escape, Chris started out as the best newspaper boy on the block, armed with no more than a little silver Binatone radio that he would take to the newsagents each day and through which he would develop a life-long and passionate love affair with the music and voices that emerged.

From paperboy to media mogul, It’s Not What You Think isn’t what you think - it’s the real story beyond the glare of the media spotlight from one of this country’s brightest and boldest personalities.


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24 of 24 people found the following review helpful
Format:Kindle Edition
I consider photos to be an essential part of a biography (or autobiography in this case). I was disappointed to find that they were not present in the Kindle version. I have obtained a refund from Amazon and have orderd the traditional book instead.

5 stars for the book, 5 for Amazon's customer services but 0 stars for Harper Collins who somehow think it's OK to issue a sub-standard product.

I came across a section where Chris was talking about his brother and he wrote something along the lines of "And here is a picture of him" and there was no picture. What??? Cheated. May seem petty to some but having recently purchased a Kindle (not cheap) I did not expect to find such shoddy work when the Kindle is perfectly able to display the photos.

Sort yourself out Harper Collins...
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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful
Honest & Compelling 23 Sep 2010
By Steve Horsfall - Author / Writer TOP 1000 REVIEWER
Format:Paperback
This is a very compelling read as Chris Evans gives a very honest insight into the story behind his rise to fame. Some great childhood anecdotes (I could empathise with the schooldays, being of a similar age) and it was very interesting to hear how Chris was fascinated by the allure of the radio and set about learning his craft (with an unexpected early mentor). In the end power did go to his head and frivolous ideas, such as not turning up for work at Radio 1 after a Xmas party, really did backfire. It is a rise and fall tale but Chris is now back up there and I look forward to the next instalment.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
By Hodderz
Format:Hardcover
I have long suspected that Chris Evans is a sharper cookie than his public carefree personna appears to be. Detailed accounts of how he personally negotiated one-on-one with Richard Branson confirm this. There is no suspicion of a ghost writer; this has clearly been written by Chris himself.
Some of the Top 10 summaries that introduce each chapter are rather trivial, but many are very revealing and a few represent as good business advice as you'll read anywhere else.
All this is in addition to a refreshing, engaging, clear writing style, amusing and touching throughout.
I bought this hardback half price but it's well worth the full RRP - this one will stay on my bookshelf until I next re-read it.
Only thing I can't quite get is how he pulled so many attractive women!!? charm and money I guess, probably the former rather than the latter.
The title sums up the book beautifully.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
Surprising
Always a superb broadcaster but also a superb, big-headed idiot, or so I thought!
Excellent book that is laugh-out-load funny and surprisingly moving and self deprecating. Read more
Published 2 days ago by PEZZA
Great read!
This was such a good book - didn't realise how hard Chris had worked to get where he is today. His sense of humour shone through the whole book - great read!!
Published 7 days ago by buddy51
AUDIO CD Review: Even better than the book
To be a good writer and a good narrator is an exceedingly rare gift. Even the great Stephen King is outclassed by some of the narrators he employs and, on the other hand, narrators... Read more
Published 14 days ago by Magic Lemur
Enjoyable
Had read Chris Evans 2nd book first as had been brought as a present . This was just as enjoyable
Published 18 days ago by Beckie
not so much a fruitcake more a sharp cookie
An interesting,informative and funny insight into the life of a self confessed fruitcake. A great read!It's Not What You Think
Published 22 days ago by chrisjfiesta
Great read
I'm not a big fan of autobiographies by 'loud' celebrities but I wanted to know what the motivation behind Chris Evans was and if everything I had read about him was true. Read more
Published 23 days ago by jolynne
Effervescent and entertaining
Having read the other reviews and having now read the book I can see why people found it surprising good. Read more
Published 24 days ago by AE apprentice
Thoroughly enjoyable read
From start to finish, I really enjoyed this book. I was a fan of Chris Evans growing up, from his days on Big Breakfast onward, and for that reason I was looking forward to... Read more
Published 28 days ago by DieDieMyDarling
I never thought I'd say this, but...
I used to enjoy "Toothbrush" and some of Chris' other TV work, but he always seemed to me to be essentially a publicity-seeker, determined to be an enfant terrible and to draw... Read more
Published 29 days ago by Forger Girl
Evans Above?
About Half way through this book on Kindle after reading Chris's 1st book which i enjoyed. i'm thinking if he had listened to his advisors, he may have been the next Branson!!!!!
Published 1 month ago by Mr. S. R. Gudge
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