Walking With Ghosts by Gabriel Byrne

Genre - Memoir 

Rating - 3 out of 5 stars


First off let me say that I have read a lot of memoirs in my day, especially right now. It seems that everyone thinks their life is so interesting they need to write about it.


When I was approved to review this book I was excited. I am a huge fan of Gabriel Byrne’s acting and really enjoy most of his movies. Going into the book I figured it would be like many other actor’s memoirs. Talking some about their growing up years and then getting into their acting careers and the movies they had made and such. This was not at all the case with this book.


This book is very odd in the way it is written. It goes back and forth between ages in his life without much about the age he was at the time the story happened. He talks very little about his acting career and seems to focus more on what has happened to him during his life, especially in his childhood.


There is absolutely no timeline to this book, which is a pet peeve of mine. I want to know when all this is happening and at what stage in their life it is happening. All of the jumping back and forth with no timeline at all really confuses me.


I won’t put a spoiler about how it ends but I do want to warn you that it is very macabre ending. Talking a lot about death and then ends very abruptly. I was very disappointed. Thus the unusual for me rating.


Reviewers note: I received a non edited advanced reader copy of this book so it may have changed some when it finally went to print. 

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