Ronnie: The Autobiography of Ronnie O'Sullivan

Being in America, there's not much snooker over here, much less snooker characters. From watching You tube and reading along with the snooker season, this guys name kept popping up. I decided to see what the deal was. I appreciate that the book is told by him in his own words. He is thought of in the snooker world as a "flawed genius". I can see why. He explains his background, replete with traumas and victories and some real ups and downs. He seems genuine and pretty objective regarding his past and what is going on now in his life. Seems like a nice guy. When you read this book you get the feeling that he is a regular guy with regular problems like everyone else, but he also happens one of the greatest snooker players ever, and that adds to the things he must deal with. You at least come away with the sense that he is a good person who has his good and bad days just like most people do. Some biographies leave you with the knowledge that the subject is a dirtbag addict, or a notorious womanizer who leaves his wife and kids behind while he enjoys his hedonist pursuits. This book is not like that. You still want to root for Ronnie after having read his story. That's a good thing.

An interesting autobiography, raw, at times tragically frustrating. Worth the read. Talent mixed with depression. What a journey and it has got even better in recent years.

Not growing up in the commonwealth, my first encounter with snooker was zapping through the sat. channels. Took a while to get the rules down and after visiting a pool-hall where they happened to have a single snooker table, I started to appreciate the skill and finesse, not to mention countless hours of training, required to play the game like I saw seeing it on TV. Immediately, one player stuck out from the crowd, and that was Ronnie. With inch-perfect play, he seemed not of this earth, and I suppose from his somewhat erratic behaviour, he might not be... This was around year 2000. Losing the sat. channels, snooker disappeared from my mind until I stumbled over this book and it was a pretty interesting read. There's a lot of british slang in it, but you get used to it and it's an easy read.

Thoroughly enjoyed the book.

If you like snooker the pictures alone are worth the price of the book. It is not a instructional book But a very good autobiography of the man

Very good

A rare, insightful book, by a unique sportsman. I didn't even think Ronnie might have taken the time to write an autobiography. I learned about it accidentally and was absolutely thrilled to find it on Amazon

A sloppily written and hyperbolic book about a nonetheless driven and unusual man.The best thing I've read about Ronnie was the profile the New Yorker did on him. I would search that out online instead. The storytelling is better and the insight is clearer.

I really enjoyed it.Although it’s fairly out of date now, the stories from his childhood really paint a picture of why he is the way he is today.I learned a lot more about the way he struggled in the 90s, and how he struggled with a lack of perfection.Unfortunately, obviously, there are so many stories that are not covered in this book, as it’s almost 20 years old.

Bought this for my dad who is a massive snooker fan. He loved it and said it was a great read 👍🏻

a fantastic read .even if your not into snooker this is a fascinating read .the best autobiography i have read

Good read. Not really a snooker fan so skipped through them bits but still worth a read.. Interesting man!

Very light read . Need to be a Ronnie fan to really enjoy this .