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Cargando... Overtakenpor Alexei Sayle
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. This is a cruel book. It celebrates unpleasant behaviour in the name of retribution: even the last few pages which show that our "hero's" actions do not have the desired effect, does not change that, for me. The book is well written, and I did make it to the end, but it is not an experience that I would repeat. Perhaps, this is a child of its time: I cannot think of a cultural format, in this country, which is not being given a large dollop of violence to increase its titillation appeal and I, for one, am getting more and more tired of this. Not a book that I could recommend. I thought this was a fantastic book - the kind that really has you glued until the end. It was not at all what I imagined it to be; in fact, the plot was quite different to what I had thought, which made it really quite refreshing to read!! Two points - the firstly not necessarily bad, but it's hard to read it without Alexi's own voice in your head. Secondly, well, I felt a little disappointed by the ending, like drinking a bottle of soft drink and finding the last two mouthfuls had gone flat. The actual final page ending ending left one with a feeling of unease, discontentment that really suited the feel of the book however the last few happenings just seemed a little, well, odd or slightly out of place to me. But these are relatively minor things. Otherwise, I thought it was a great book, and captured tragedy, comedy, and whatever it means to be human these days really quite well in a manner that made me laugh, yet quite disturbed at the same time. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
Kelvin is a 33-year-old property developer living in a small Lancashire town. He has five close friends, all in well-paid jobs. Having bought their lovely houses cheaply in the early 1990s, they are free to spend money on their own pleasures - particularly clothes, meals and cars. Most of all, their life revolves around going to see things - art exhibitions, comedians, live music, plays... When we first meet the six friends they are on their way to see a new kind of circus. Once there Kelvin does something unforgivable to a clown, has a strange snack and meets the most beautiful girl he has ever seen. It's the beginning of the end of the good life. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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This one somewhat breaks the mould, with just enough glimpses of comic genius to keep me happy, and otherwise being well-written with an interesting (and somewhat mysterious) plot. Good stuff. ( )