Reviews round-up
Unleashed
by Boris Johnson
1 of 7 critics positive
8 reviews: 1 positive, 2 mixed, 4 pans; 1 not stating a verdict in public
What the critics said
“Boris Johnson writes better than any other politician – his memoir is proof”
Boris Johnson writes better than any other politician – his memoir is proof
“selective and oddly melancholy, but what do you expect?”
Boris bangs his own drum in his memoir, Unleashed, and fair enough
“reveals surprising candour as well as self-vindication”
Unleashed review: The two sides of Boris Johnson
“shows how not to write a political memoir”
Boris Johnson shows how not to write a political memoir
“regrets? Not even a few”
Unleashed by Boris Johnson review – regrets? Not even a few
“Nothing can prepare you for how boring this memoir is”
Boris Johnson's Unleashed is 772 witless pages from a thin-skinned man
“twisted, sour and full of yet more lies”
Boris Johnson’s Unleashed: A memoir that’s twisted, sour and full of yet more lies
“the hero of his own Homeric tale”
Boris Johnson’s Unleashed — the hero of his own Homeric tale
Verdicts are read from each outlet's own headline and summary; quotes are their words, credited and linked. Where a paywalled summary does not give the critic's view, we say so rather than guess. How it works.
