A second effort at an autobiography, alternately rueful and funny, by the Star Trek: The. Unfortunately, this second act is just more of the same. by Wil Wheaton RELEASE DATE: April 12, 2022. Though fans will relish the FAQs about his movies-including one that confirms the leeches in 1986’s Stand by Me were indeed real-much of the writing feels stunted by past grievances, giving this a rather joyless air. In other glimpses into his life, Wheaton laments leaving Star Trek: The Next Generation, and reflects on a deflating encounter with William Shatner that left him in tears (“everyone was on my side,” he notes). You are perfect, exactly the way you are.” Less glib are raw passages about his father’s emotional abuse, his struggle with depression, and caring for his wife, Anne, as she recovered from a harrowing illness. After reliving the agony caused by a scathing one-sentence takedown of his first book, Just a Geek-the review’s title: “Whiner of the Week”-Wheaton concedes that he “take everything personally.” That sentiment shortly becomes apparent when, in an effort to atone for the homophobic jokes he made in his old book, he rehashes them here with annotations to “hold myself accountable.” The repetitious material that follows is rife with such trite exclamations aimed at readers as “You’re all beautiful. I will show them all!” exclaims actor Wheaton in this tiresome endeavor to set the record straight on his reputation. It took about eight steps for my confidence to evaporate, Wheaton, now 49, writes in his upcoming book, Still Just a Geek: An Annotated Memoir, out April 12.
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