Thank you Grand Central Publishing and NetGalley for the eARC of Sir Lewis.  All opinions in this review are my own.

I am so sad to say that I did not enjoy this book as much as I wanted to.  I love Lewis Hamilton and what he has done for not only the sport of Formula 1, but also his commitment to making the world better too.  I was so excited to get approved for this title that I immediately started reading it.

From the beginning, it is clear that the author is a Max hater (which I'm honestly fine with), but then he starts including comments made on Lewis's social media posts.  I understand the point the author is trying to make, but it takes away from Lewis when he gives these people a space in a book about Lewis by naming them and doing a deep dive into the comment they posted online.  These people are nobody important and they are just spewing hate online so to give them a section of your book was an odd choice.

There are also large portions of this book in the opening chapters that are not focused on Lewis.  In one chapter, the author discusses other Black athletes who are at the pinnacle of their sports in order to draw the comparison of how Lewis's dad trained him when he was younger.  While this is an important connection, multiple pages didn't need to be devoted to making it.  Another chapter is solely devoted to describing the structure of qualifying for a race without mentioning Lewis once.

Luckily, once Lewis gets signed by McLaren, the book is much more focused on Lewis and is more like the Introduction than the opening chapters.

Overall, Sir Lewis struggles to focus on its main subject at times. While I still love the subject matter, I didn't love this writing.