Thank you for the opportunity to read this book, unfortunately I wasn’t able to get to it before it was archived but will review in full when I do get a chance to read it.

Loved this so much, if you love Jack , the tv show where he travels with his dad, you’ll enjoy this, it’s like reading the same stuff you see on tv, the same humour and you can hear their voices as you read. Enjoyable read

My thanks to NetGalley and Little Brown Book Publishers for a copy of “How To Survive Family Holidays”.

An enjoyable read that is witty and warm . If you like the father and son relationship that the Whitehall family show on their Tv programs I’m sure you will enjoy this.
Read this on my Kindle, but I think the audio book would be even more entertaining

How to Survive Family Holidays by Jack Whitehall with Michael and Hilary Whitehall was a fab read. It was lovely to read about the relationship between Jack and his parents and it made me laugh out loud on several occasions. A great easy to read book, I loved it.

Please note that this book is not for me - I have read the book, However I had to DNF and because i do not like to give negative reviews I will not review this book fully - there is no specific reason for not liking this book. I found it a struggle to read and did not enjoy trying to force myself to read this book.

Apologies for any inconvenience caused and thank you for the opportunity to read this book

If you like the Whitehall’s, you will like this book

It’s a witty book where you can visualise everything which is written down.

I'm having to DNF this one because I just cannot get on with the ebook format; i've heard a lot of good things about the audiobook so I will try and give that a time at some point and perhaps revisit my review but I just cannot get any enthusiasm to read the ebook. I am continuously putting it down!

How to Survive Family Holidays by Jack Whitehall, Michael Whitehall, Hilary Whitehall is a fantastically funny ride. Gloriously told through Jack and his parents.

Gloriously Entertaining….
Gloriously entertaining, a memoir come holiday guide from the effervescent Whitehall family. Not one page passes without a smirk. As enjoyable and delicious as the television show. Scathing and affectionate in equal measure.

I blitzed through this book over the weekend as I just could not get enough. Light and witty I enjoyed every second. Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for providing me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Hilariously funny. If you enjoyed Jack’s Netflix show you will really love this memoir/travelogue. Michael and Hilary’s views just add to the humour. An absolute success of a book, perfect to lighten up your day

How to Survive Family Holidays by Jack Whitehall is a book of funny anecdotes - a mix of family memoir and travelogue.

I read this ARC for an honest review
All thoughts and opinions are mine

I was hoping this had the flavour of father and son combination which I find hilarious on TV - this doesn't disappoint

Really enjoyed this

Written by Jack Whitehall, this is a blend of family memoir, travelogue, and advice on how to get through the trauma that are family holidays. It reads like stand up comedy material and is one of the funniest things I have ever read. In the introduction Jack tells us it was originally going to be just him until his parents, Michael and Hilary, muscled their way in, and in my humble opinion, it wouldn't have been half as brilliant without them. I have come across Michael before, on chat shows mainly, and am familiar with his persona, the traditional conservative, whose fantasy dinner party would include Thatcher's cabinet, a diehard Brexit supporter, a product of his generation and class, a show biz agent to the stars, but I knew less about Hilary, here she is a revelation, coming across as truly hilarious, a mother of three children, at the heart of their family.

If you are acquainted with Jack Whitehall, the style and humour of this will feel familiar, with the three unreliable narrators remembering things differently, Jack refers to this book as entering new genre territory, a type of 'Travelogue and Misery Lit'. We are told to approach family holidays with a degree of cynicism, low expectations and if at all possible, not see the family prior to going away, easier if you are at boarding school as a child, and if you have moved home as an adult, whilst airing old family grievances before helps in lessening their impact when they come up on holiday. Michael tells us why mixing business with family holidays is not a good idea as he name drops his way through his anecdotes. I loved his reference to Cuba as Liverpool with cigars! There are the perils of eating abroad, particularly at Michelin starred restaurants and the Chernobyl canteen, and what can get lost in translation as with the term thongs in Australia, whilst Hilary regales us with Scrabblegate on her honeymoon.

In many ways, the crazed conflict ridden Whitehall family dynamics will feel unnervingly familiar to many of us, the family knows us best, inside and out, are aware of all our weaknesses and will never let us forget our mistakes. We may rage at them and take the mick out of them, yes, there are the mental scars, but there is a strong sense of affection and love in the family ties that bind. Nowhere is this made clearer than when Jack relates missing out on the family Christmas festivities in 2020 for obvious reasons, and how hard that hit him. Fans of Jack and his family will love this entertaining and utterly comic and witty read, and I think even those that have never encountered him before will enjoy this too. This is the perfect Christmas present, and I hear the audio is fabulous, with Michael and Hilary relating their parts on it. Many thanks to the publisher for an ARC.