If you are a fiction reader, you might find it a little dry. The language is simple, almost too simple- so much as to make it too dry at a few instances.
But as the book progresses, you start to get a hang of it. How plainly this man describes himself is still unfathomable for me. His life history has been described by the author in a most direct fashion- a very likable fashion.
And you are introduced to all that transpired in his unusually remarkable life. His research background, the environs in the Hawking family, their situation during the war and after and his journey from St Albans School to getting a scholarship to Oxford and then to Cambridge have all been recollected very well, with occasional humor mingled within.
The photographs that have been presented in the book add much to the presentation of the matter inside this memoir, giving a very kindling feeling to it. This book depicts the competition that goes on in research fields- a race to getting there first- as well as the complications of making a career in teaching.
Through Hawking’s account, we also get an insight into the life of a disabled person- how he has to endure challenges in his personal as well as professional life, but more so in the former