A candid, analytically-minded tennis memoir that succeeds through Murray's unflinching examination of the mental game required to win Wimbledon, though occasionally gets lost in technical details.
What works
• Delivers brutal honesty about mental warfare and self-doubt rather than a sanitized success story
• Writing style is methodical and precise, mirroring his playing personality with conversational yet detailed prose
• Provides clinical analysis of sports psychology and thought patterns that extends insights beyond tennis
• Offers nuanced portraits of key relationships, including complex family dynamics and rivalries with the "Big Four"
• Uses meticulous attention to detail in examining each mental adjustment that led to his Wimbledon victory
What doesn't
• The review appears incomplete, cutting off mid-sentence in the final paragraph
• May lack romanticization or dramatic flair that some readers expect from sports memoirs