I received this ARC copy from net galley and am grateful for the opportunity to read this book which stimulates thinking about humanity in a new and generally understandable way. As the title suggests it is both an autobiography and a philosophical text on being Human. It raises some very important points but overall I think it is more treatise on the individual rather than global humanity. It is a very personalised take on the subject.

There are facets that pertain generally and I liked the tenet that Once you "choose life" it is limited by character and circumstance. That by choosing you reduce the options facing you at the next step

The author chooses some really good quotes to underpin his theories including one from Nieetzsche - that suggests your life has been good when you would not choose anything differently "not forwards, nor backwards, not in all eternity". It is difficult to see a time when we would look back on life and not want to change anything but I suppose it is the bigger picture that he is referring to rather than the cameo events within it.
I am not completely at one with all of his philosophical thoughts and i do think that some of his them are borrowed from previous theorists - Loc 879 he talks of layers of interest which reflects for me Maslow's hierarchy of needs and at Loc 1526 his diagram of combining concept and narrative reminds me strongly of a change theory I once knew but unfortunately can no longer remember what it was called
Interestingly as an autobiography of someone I had not heard of I was quite invested in its development and content. I do think relating the philosophical to his own life story allows us to do the same and that can only be good.
My only negative is in the diagrams which were very small on the ARC copy i had received - I think this book is one that is better read in physical format.
It is good to read something that stimulates critical thinking in this way and at the same time is interesting and enjoyable

An odd book yet strangely interesting. Explains how there is a link with philosophy and writing your autobiography.
Thank you to both NetGalley and Harper Collins UK for giving me the opportunity to read this book.

This is quite a unique book. I'd love to hear what the people the author writes of think about his musings, but fascinating nonetheless. The psychology woven into the author's introspections are intriguing, and prompted me to thin about my own autobiography and history and how it may have shaped me. Would also love to hear how his daughters are, and his ex wives. The author seems somewhat self obsessed even for an autobiography! But he comes across as likable too