"Neil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiography"

disclaimer:  I received the following book for free from Blogging for Books in exchange for my honest opinions.  All opinions remain my own.

 

"Neil Patrick Harris:  Choose Your Own Autobiography"

 

 

 

By Neil Patrick Harris

As Unshredded and Pasted Back Together By David Javerbaum

 

  N.P.H.'s life story is in your hands.  We all know who Neil Patrick Harris is and now you have a chance to decide which path Neil will take in his life.  You will have to help Neil decide things like what kind of family you came from, whether or not to pursue acting or magic, when to come out of the closet, etc. 

 

  Along this comical journey you will even get to learn some magic, how to make a grog, hear what some of Neil's friends think of him, and even do a crossword puzzle.  This is no ordinary book.  It even includes a chapter that is annotated by David. 

 

  Even the biggest fans of N.P.H. are bound to find some surprising twists and turns in this book. 

 

  So will you give Neil a happy ending with the man of his dreams or will you end your career on stage at the Oscars...the choice is yours. 

 

  Mommy in PA:  As some of you may already know from a previous book post, I love a good choose-your-own story book.  That is the main reason I selected this as one I wanted to review, that and the fact that I really admire Neil Patrick Harris.

 

  I really love the concept behind the book but did find it a little hard to navigate.  There are even some pages I didn't get to read yet because evidently I haven't explored all the possible paths.  I guess that could be a good thing or a bad thing depending on how badly you want to move on to read something else.  I personally will take it as a good thing knowing that I still have something to come back to later that I haven't already read in its entirety. 

 

  This book is not something you would want to share with your kiddos either, there are a few sections that I found so far that are a bit racy (so much for reading out loud...LOL). 

 

  I do like the story but some of it seems to jump around a bit too much for me.  Some paths you take seem to skip right over "Doogie Howser" but still mention that you did it later on.  I guess I figured there would be more order to the chaos. 

 

  I do recommend that everybody takes the magic path at least once.  He literally teaches you some tricks : )  There is also a very clever marketing technique on the back of the book that is also a magic trick.  I consider this more than a book...it's more like the N.P.H. "experience". 

 

  All in all a great read.  Definitely entertaining!