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A review by shellballenger
No Time Like the Future: An Optimist Considers Mortality by Michael J. Fox
slow-paced
1.75
Type of read: Commuter Read.
What made me pick it up: It's Michael J. Fox. Need I say more?
Overall rating: A big thank you to Fox for sharing their experiences, memories, and musings with us readers. As someone who has a family member with PD and has seen how this disease worms its way into every part of life, every decision you make, I enjoyed listening to how Fox has taken everything on and not allowed, or at least tried to not allow, PD to be a deciding factor to their happiness but I did find that I needed to pace myself. This is not a bingeable book, at least not in the audio format.
'No Time Like the Future' is not one of my favorite memoirs that I've read. I do feel like someone was like 'Hey Michael, you should write a memoir!' and they just decided to write a stream of word vomit and personal thoughts on a life lived and a life worth living. 'No Time Like The Future' is not a straight-through storyline. While there's continuity because it's all about Fox and their life/experiences, and they do somewhat follow a linear move from past to present, this isn't a chapter-to-chapter story going through a specific timeline.
Reader's Note: If you choose to read it as an audiobook (which I did) it is narrated by the author. I found I needed to slow my typical reading speed down (normally a 1.75 girly) to a "normal" 1.00 speed due to the tone, intonation, and flow of Fox's narration.
What made me pick it up: It's Michael J. Fox. Need I say more?
Overall rating: A big thank you to Fox for sharing their experiences, memories, and musings with us readers. As someone who has a family member with PD and has seen how this disease worms its way into every part of life, every decision you make, I enjoyed listening to how Fox has taken everything on and not allowed, or at least tried to not allow, PD to be a deciding factor to their happiness but I did find that I needed to pace myself. This is not a bingeable book, at least not in the audio format.
'No Time Like the Future' is not one of my favorite memoirs that I've read. I do feel like someone was like 'Hey Michael, you should write a memoir!' and they just decided to write a stream of word vomit and personal thoughts on a life lived and a life worth living. 'No Time Like The Future' is not a straight-through storyline. While there's continuity because it's all about Fox and their life/experiences, and they do somewhat follow a linear move from past to present, this isn't a chapter-to-chapter story going through a specific timeline.
Reader's Note: If you choose to read it as an audiobook (which I did) it is narrated by the author. I found I needed to slow my typical reading speed down (normally a 1.75 girly) to a "normal" 1.00 speed due to the tone, intonation, and flow of Fox's narration.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Chronic illness and Medical content