I really struggled with this audiobook. It was a bit too mild for me. I has to fight with myself to continue listening to it - more because I was curious if there was some sort of diagnosis at the end - two weeks on, and the struggle is real...... it didn't get much better for me.

Thanks to #netgalley for gifting #Borntobemild in exchange for an honest review.

This was fab audiobook about how you don’t have to go far to have an adventure, in fact you can stay very close to home and still have fun.

Rob Temple has voiced what I think a lot of people struggle with, feeling like they have to keep up with all the social media posts of friends doing extreme sports or going on adventurous holidays to feel alive. Suffering from anxiety from a young age he’s tried to do the adventurous thing but he realised it really didn’t suit him. So he stopped torturing himself and visited places near to his home in Godmanchester instead.

My favourite of his experiences were the crocodile farm, especially that conversation with his Mum about whether the crocodiles might escape in a flood! Being among the bees, haggling at the antique shop, the head massage, Blackpool Tower, the chilli festival, the apple fair and visiting Costco for the first time! Also I loved the whole interaction with the duolingo owl, hilarious!

Mathew Baynton was superb narrating this audiobook with the perfect emotions and inflections as he was telling the author’s story. He really did become the author for me, making this such a enjoyable listen. I’ve not listened to an audiobook read by him before, but I do know him from the children’s TV show Horrible Histories, remember the King of Bling and the Adam Ant style Dick Turpin? 😉

If you enjoy gentle amusing memoirs you’ll love this on audio.

Great audiobook, which made me smile during every sentence nod my head in agreement thinking, that's me, constantly. Highly recommended.