Author: Alex Trebek
# of Pages: 4 hours, 35 minutes (audiobook)
Genre: Nonfiction, Autobiography
Rating: ★★★☆☆
Synopsis: The book combines illuminating personal anecdotes with Trebek’s thoughts on a range of topics, including marriage, parenthood, education, success, spirituality, and philanthropy. Trebek also addresses the questions he gets asked most often by Jeopardy! fans, such as what prompted him to shave his signature mustache, his insights on legendary players like Ken Jennings and James Holzhauer, and his opinion of Will Ferrell’s Saturday Night Live impersonation. The book uses a novel structure inspired by Jeopardy!, with each chapter title in the form of a question, and features dozens of never-before-seen photos that candidly capture Trebek over the years.
Review: Trebek acknowledges from the start that this book isn't meant to be a complete recap of his life. He only goes over the highlights, especially the ones that directly relate to his time as the host of Jeopardy.
I only know of Jeopardy through pop culture and was never particularly interested in trivia-related shows but was happy to watch a show here and there). If I was a Jeopardy fan, I think I would have found this book to be very interesting since Trebek goes behind the scenes on his hosting experience. However, I would have liked to hear more about him outside of Jeopardy, but this is out of scope of his aims for his book. The audiobook was fun to listen to as Ken and Alex tossed the narration back and forth; Trebek's kind and positive personality really showed through, and he will definitely be missed.
Would recommend this book to Jeopardy! fans.
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