Book info

• Title Too Much
• Author Tom Allen
• Year 2022
• Genre Memoir

Happily settled in a new relationship and with a dream house of his own, Tom Allen could finally call himself an adult. But when his beloved dad died suddenly, Tom's life was rocked by a fresh set of challenges, and he started to find comfort in his friends, his past and his newly dug vegetable patch. With his hallmark honesty and wit, Tom writes beautifully about those days, weeks and months following loss, and about how bewildering the practicalities of life can be in the wake of an upheaval - those moments, really, when everything can start to feel a bit too much...

Thoughts

I enjoyed the previous memoir by comedian Tom Allen and was curious what this second book would be about, coming so relatively quickly after the first. Sadly, this one is a memoir of grief, with Tom sharing stories and humour from family life with his father, and then the process of coming to terms with his death, and life afterwards. The stories are great, and there’s a lot of honesty and growth and learning throughout. It’s nice to go on the journey with Tom.

Rating: 4 / 5