Customer Reviews
Lightweight Autobigraphy - By: L. Davidson, 14 Aug 2007 
"Being Freddie" is little more than a series of accounts of Andrew Flintoff's role in various matches he has played since his emergence in the late 1990's as an alll rounder in the mould of Ian Botham. There are no great insights or memorable anecdotes in this book from Flintoff, just summaries of his greatest matches & minor detail about his back & ankle injuries & his beery nights out with the lads.We don't get a lot of insight into his family life & upbringing. Andrew Flintoff played a significant role in helping England to some notable Test triumphs which seem to have peaked with 2005's Ashes victory. He is an exciting & talented cricketer (when fit), but this book fails to convey what makes him tick & a rounded portrait of the man fails to emerge.
Very ordinary - huge disapointment - By: N. C. Moore, 13 Jul 2007 
Dont get me wrong, I'm a great admirer of the man & his cricket but for me this book was nothing more than a catalogue of events with the odd "...we had line a few beers" thrown in. For me it lacked passion & and any real insight as to what reallly makes Andrew Flintoff tick.
I found myself drifting off reading some of this & confess to flicking through the remaining pages of a chapter to see how much more I had to endure.
It's not great - spend your money on something like 'Fatty Bater' instead.
Dull - By: J. Mellor, 19 Feb 2007 I must confess that this bored me rigid which left me very disappointed as I was reallly looking forward to it.
Was left with the impression this was cobbled together as an exercise to cash in on the Ashes success (which I fully understand).
I think Freddie comes across as quite boring reallly.
PRETTY GOOD - By: Mr. C. J. Rosenberg, 06 Jan 2007 
I wasnt sure whether this would be any good but i was quite surprised.it wasnt bad at alll.i quite enjoyed this book, it covers his life of cricket in reasonable detail from when he played as a youngster through his club cricket days & his time in the england youth squads to the recent 2005 ashes series.it also contains the people who helped get him to where he is today & he reveals the people who hes good friends with, to the people hes not too keen on, & some of the trouble hes got in along the way.
i thought this book was pretty good & am glad its on my book shelf.
Being Freddie - By: John Wane, 29 Oct 2006 
This book is fasinating, I just could not put it down. Andrew 'Freddie' Flintoff is a great cricketer, & oviously a fantastic aurthor as well! It has an amazing detailded account of his playing days, & how he got into cricket at the highest level. It is great for youngsters who are looking for some inspiration, or the older members of the familey who are just looking for a good read.
The best book I ever read!
