Jenson Button: Life to the Limit: My Autobiography

Whether you are a F1 supporter or follower or not, this is a human story of achievement that deserves to be read. Yes, you might skip the chronology of events and the results but be careful that you do not miss a snippet in between. Written in a chatty and informal colloquial style, I came away feeling that Jenson is a genuine decent bloke. His love for his Dad is real, described graphically but it does not become slushy, remaining relevant throughout. I nearly, meanly lopped off a star for the excess spelling mistakes but put that down to poor editing/proof reading or even sloppy transfer to e book. Probably not his fault. Congratulations on your achievements, Jenson and good luck with the second half of your life. I kindof think he'll still be doing triathalons at eighty........

It's impossible not to like this guy, and this makes his book way more easy to read. I especially liked the parts of the early days, his childhood, and the years leading to Formula 1. Still hard to believe the first phone call's content with Frank Williams, though. Jenson also handles his personal story about his background, relationship with his father and other family members with such an ease, that we can admire, without giving out too much of his (and family's) privacy. A bit on the downside: some of the F1 years chapters are bit boring sometimes with story-less details of his results. This is not supposed to be some sort of an almanac, or statistical yearbook. Luckily most of the book is not like that, and gives us a great insight into a successful F1 driver's career.

Jenson was a good racer, not great. His career seems like a case of being in the right place at the right time. The inconsistency was attributed to bad cars, and bad luck. I just didn't see where he was that good overall in F1 at the time. His Dad was an interesting character, and a good coach. The book is an average read.

Very well written book (I'm surprised the publishing deal Jenson made left out the ghost writer out of the writer credits - whoever it was, he surely did a great job).From this book it seems that the great luck that Jenson had was been discovered by two very resourceful and stubborn managers since karting. In open wheels, it was only one season in British Formula Ford (he won) and one in British Formula Three (third place).He is honest about an abortion (shame on you, Jenson) he and a girlfriend did when he was nineteen. I did not know that... ugh...As is usual for this kind of profession, he has a group of close friends that travels, counseil and party with him. Oh, and he only dates models.As for the racing, he does not bore you to death with details, but gives you enough inside information to make the reading worth.Good book. Golden boy indeed.

This book was a pleasure to read, from the first to the last page.If you already like Jenson, you will simply LOVE him when you end the book.It’s written with the same candor Jenson exhibits as a person. It’s also an homage to his family, especially his father. What a wonderful relationship these two had!A very uplifting book!

Adrenaline, heart break and a wonderful insight to the world of F1, especially tires. This is a fantastic read that brings you into the life of F1’s golden boy. I’d be surprised if you can put it down.

This is a great book for any Formula 1 fan. Funny and interesting, it gives great insight into Jenson's life.

Its not often the good guy wins an f1 championship so it’s great read. Missing some juicy stuff though and brushes over his final years in f1 too easily. Wanted a bit more from Jenson. Great insight to early days, his family and father... Mark Webber’s book is a better read but I still rate this book as highly recommended

I'm a lifelong fan of JB so I was always going to buy this as soon as it was published. It's a great book and a must read for fans - very easy going, I took it on vacation and finished it in a weekend. Whilst it did include a lot of detail, for real fans of JB and F1 in general, I did feel that there was a lot of detail missing. JB has had an amazing career, both on track and off with his more recent engagements in the media and his Triathlon endevours but this is not discussed in much detail. Likewise, his relationships are sketched over with barely any revealing insights - whilst I can understand this to some extent, I would have liked to have learned more. I imagine this book could have been 3 times thicker and still required a sequel! It is however a good account of his time in the sport...The relationship with his father, John provides a central theme and you sense the writing of the book must have been a cathartic experience for Jenson. Hopefully we will see JB don the overalls again at Le Man or in another series and I'm sure at some point, there will be further stories to share.

Pros = as a motorsports fan, the content is enjoyable to read, never ventures too far in to gossip or details but a bit of a trip through memory lane regardless.Cons = did nobody proofread this? Loads of punctuation errors, which is a shame. The aforementioned lack of depth.Overall = not as personal as Damon Hill's book, not as engaging a story as Johnny Herbert's but a good read for a motorsports fan if you can look past the slight stench of 'quick cash grab'. Probably the poorest overall offering from retired F1 drivers, but gets 4 stars for the some of the non-F1 insights.

I bought this as I had the impression that Jenson Button, like Mark Webber, is a decent person who owed nothing to Formula One and so would be reading an honest yet humorous book about making into Formula One and staying at the top as well why they fell out of love with the sport.I wasn't disappointed as it was all of these things and was selfdeprecating to a fault. I found the parts about the death of his father moving and his dealings with the senior figures (both drivers and managers of Formula One very insightful. Well worth a read for anyone interested in the sport.

This is a great look 'behind the scenes' from Jenson Buttons own point of view as you'd expect from an autobiography. It's light hearted and shows the mans personality with amusing phrases and anecdotes. He covers everything even the dark days of losing a friend to the tragic death of his father. (sorry if that's a spoiler but I figured if you're reading this book or even thinking about it you probably already know a bit about the man). One small niggle is the couple of typing/spelling errors you'd expect to be picked up in a book of this type. Don't let that put you off though because this a racing legends take on his life and career and it's done very well. I enjoyed it a lot and recommend it to all F1 fans.

I have always been a JB fan. But I was very disappointed by this book.There is nothing new in it, and the overall feel is that it is bland and superficial. Dare I say, a bit like JB.The one thing that stood out for me was his relationship with his father. Once his father had died, JB seemed to lose interest in the sport, and seemed to lose interest in writing anything else in the book. There should have been far more for JB to write about his final years at McLaren, the relationship with Honda, etc, etc. But there is nothing.