This was fantastic.

Not the usual "this is the story of how I became famous" celebrity memoir (which can still be interesting!) but much more heavily focused on Alan Cumming's childhood abuse, his relationship with his family, with male mental health, and more. I really appreciated how everything was talked about and the clear-minded, hopeful way that this book approached survival.

I also adore Alan Cumming and would listen to him talk about paint drying, but that's only because I'm sure he'd find a way to make it both witty and introspective.

A brief warning for a singular use of the r slur. It was a moment of his internalized panic at not being able to properly function as a person. I don't believe it had harmful intentions, but I still wanted to address it.

Overall, I absolutely loved my time reading this and I highly, highly recommend consuming it as an audiobook so you can hear Alan Cumming narrate it.