Nothing But The Truth

by The Secret Barrister

Genres: Memoir, Non-fiction
Pages: 299
Rating:

Synopsis:

The third book from the #1 bestselling, award-winning author. In this tell-all memoir, the Secret Barrister describes their journey and reveals how they came to be . . .

I’ve enjoyed the Secret Barrister’s books in general, and they’re pretty eye-opening about the state of criminal law in the UK. There’s some value as well to this memoir, Nothing But The Truth, in that it tries to chart SB’s development from being what I’d consider a typical Daily Mail reader to a somewhat more nuanced, leftist set of views.

That said, it felt somewhat self-indulgent, and really like there wasn’t much here that hasn’t been said before, better, in SB’s other books. It definitely dragged on a long time, as SB showed us the mishaps of the training, of cases that went badly, etc. There are disconnected snippets of all sorts of trials, some included for apparent comedy value. Mostly… it felt like an exercise in self-deprecation, despite the repeated reference to the egos of barristers. It feels like maybe it was written because SB felt there needed to be another book, not because they have more to say.

There were still interesting things here, but it felt padded, alas.

Rating: 2/5