brookesbookstagram's review against another edition
4.0
I absolutely smashed through this, as I did his previous two books.
As a huge Jimmy Barnes fan, I couldn't resist reading along to this whilst also having the audiobook to hear the happiness, pain and sorrow as Jimmy re told these short stories.
I would listen on short walks, as each story would be between 30 minutes to an hour, and then keep reading once I got home!
I would highly recommend listening to this as an audiobook as you are able to hear the raw emotions Jimmy is experiencing, especially when retelling stories about his beautiful dogs, which brought me to tears.
As a huge Jimmy Barnes fan, I couldn't resist reading along to this whilst also having the audiobook to hear the happiness, pain and sorrow as Jimmy re told these short stories.
I would listen on short walks, as each story would be between 30 minutes to an hour, and then keep reading once I got home!
I would highly recommend listening to this as an audiobook as you are able to hear the raw emotions Jimmy is experiencing, especially when retelling stories about his beautiful dogs, which brought me to tears.
kimswhims's review against another edition
4.0
I thoroughly enjoyed the time spent listening to Jimmy weave his yarns of moments throughout his life in this audiobook. It's been a while since I finished listening to it and I haven't found anything else to listen to that has been so engrossing.
I could listen to Jimmy talk all day. Entertaining and enjoyable. Like time spent with a good friend.
I could listen to Jimmy talk all day. Entertaining and enjoyable. Like time spent with a good friend.
missflamingo's review against another edition
4.0
Jimmy makes me laugh. His candid and self-deprecating humour cracks me up when at times I should be appalled at some of the outrageous and ridiculous behaviour of those who live in his world. This Scottish born rocker has adopted his home country’s peculiar Australian talent of being able to laugh at himself.
I read his first two bios about growing up and his life as a rocker. He says he finds writing a painful process but I’d say this book was less cathartic as it is more of a collection of little stories that kind of fill in what happened in between living and touring. It’s takes balls to admit to some of the stupid shit he’s done, but you be got to love him all the more for his honesty.
Favourite passages: the Jimmy Alarmclock. Leaving the baby capsule behind at the Autobahn truck stop, with the baby in it. And The COVID Crisis.
I read his first two bios about growing up and his life as a rocker. He says he finds writing a painful process but I’d say this book was less cathartic as it is more of a collection of little stories that kind of fill in what happened in between living and touring. It’s takes balls to admit to some of the stupid shit he’s done, but you be got to love him all the more for his honesty.
Favourite passages: the Jimmy Alarmclock. Leaving the baby capsule behind at the Autobahn truck stop, with the baby in it. And The COVID Crisis.
sharyn_swanepoel's review against another edition
4.0
This is how I'd imagine if you were friends with Jimmy and catching up over lunch, listening to his latest stories, told from the heart. Loved listening to the audiobook.
steph_says92's review against another edition
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
2.0
Listened to on BorrowBox.
This was not for me.
I don’t know how it made it to the Dymocks 101. Clearly Jimmy fanatics just wanted to hear more stories.
They were so random, stories about swans and skiing and holidays to Thailand and Japan.
The story about having his dogs put down was really sad.
This was not for me.
I don’t know how it made it to the Dymocks 101. Clearly Jimmy fanatics just wanted to hear more stories.
They were so random, stories about swans and skiing and holidays to Thailand and Japan.
The story about having his dogs put down was really sad.
hermione_y's review against another edition
emotional
funny
informative
lighthearted
sad
medium-paced
3.0
nellephant's review
2.0
I found this a bit hit and miss.
I really liked Working Class Boy and Working Class Man but Killing Time doesn't quite grab you in the same way - I think it could have done with some tighter editing.
I ended up crying as I read the chapter about Snoop and Oliver and when I read the chapter about his daughter's cabaret show I could almost see his heartbeat through the pages.
I've seen Jimmy Barnes quoted a few times as saying people have called him Australia's Bruce Springsteen and he says it again in this book and it is really irritating.
He is Jimmy Barnes! He's an Australian icon and I really wish someone would point that out to him and make him realise he doesn't need to be compared to anyone else.
I really liked Working Class Boy and Working Class Man but Killing Time doesn't quite grab you in the same way - I think it could have done with some tighter editing.
I ended up crying as I read the chapter about Snoop and Oliver and when I read the chapter about his daughter's cabaret show I could almost see his heartbeat through the pages.
I've seen Jimmy Barnes quoted a few times as saying people have called him Australia's Bruce Springsteen and he says it again in this book and it is really irritating.
He is Jimmy Barnes! He's an Australian icon and I really wish someone would point that out to him and make him realise he doesn't need to be compared to anyone else.
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