You'd think such a good ghostwriter could have gotten the book to under 16 hours. I mean, it has to have been ghostwritten, right? Prince Harry tells us himself that he wasn't good at school and that he didn't go to college. I'm not the biggest education snob, but I know that as someone who went to public school from K-Masters, I can't speak as effectively as friends who went to elite colleges. Whatever, the point is that the book is well-written, but loooooooong. I'd start cutting with the frost-nipped penis.

This book is full of myopic outrage--paparazzi are the worst people in the world--and while they did cause his mother's death, which is outrageous--his vitriol against them is not compelling when it comes to his own, unbelievably charmed life. You do feel for him once his wife and kids are involved.

I do believe that the royals did him dirty, but it's wild to see the prince and Markle shilling so hard to maintain their luxurious lifestyle. At one point Prince Harry maths up a figure of $6M a year to fund their security needs. Anyway, if it weren't for the length (I listened to at 1.35x), Spare would be just what most readers probably want. It's gossipy and easy to make fun of, but you also do get a feel for the horrors of being a royal, and of being a spare one. PH is really bothered by his spare status, and I can see how he would feel that way, but it's also like getting a 99 on a test and griping about not getting 100.