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Nice little story well read

Reviewed: 28-04-24

Filled an afternoon whilst doing the gardening - this was well worth a listen - narrator was easy to listen to

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An in depth synopsis as to how we got here

Reviewed: 06-11-23

Excellent - clear and incisive - follows the sometimes intricate and sometimes barely disguised networks that allow the truly unexceptional that have graced UK politics for the past 13 years to flourish - beware the critics that will generally bemoan this account without actually pinpointing offending content - they are the puppets and enablers that JOB highlights in this entertaining book that have helped heap manure on this once fine land.

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They were awful at adapting films in the 70’s

Reviewed: 30-10-23

The film is ok - the book really fleshes it out so that it is understandable and enjoyable - well spending a credit on

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Praise the Lord for Spielberg

Reviewed: 06-10-23

All I can say on this one is thank God that Steven Spielberg put this book in some semblance of order. It differs from the film in many ways, and thankfully the filmmakers got this mainly right when altering. The only area that I found better in the book was the immense pressure that Brody was put under by the townsfolk to keep the beaches open but the affair between Ellen and Hooper added nothing and the fact that Brody and Hooper were enemies just didn’t work at all. It was worth a read and it was free plus from from as far as I could see on audiobook the shark didn’t look as if it was made of rubber.

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Excellent book - a national treasure

Reviewed: 04-10-23

Brilliant book - funny and some of the anecdotes are excellent - made a career of watching telly and observing life and I love how he he has done all this without having to move from Bolton - a great read

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Thought Provoking made me feel very happy and very sad in equal measure

Reviewed: 30-09-23

A very honest story - candid and a little brutal - I most enjoyed his career and work to the point of The Young One’s and The Comic Strip Presents - in later years I could take or leave his work with the exception of Bottom (live) and my enjoyment of the story followed the same path (which I suppose is to be expected with a self styled “accidental comedian”) It is very clear that he is his own man but I can’t help feel that there is an ever so slight downturn in my perception of him which is disappointing and I didn’t think there would be - certainly not half way through the book - but there you go - however a story worth knowing all the same and the first meeting with Richard ‘Sugar-Flavoured Snot' Briers! Is uncomfortably funny - Can’t help but think though that understandably with time Ade is less ‘Berserker’ than “reactionary stereotype confirming the myth that everyone in Britain is a lovable middle-class eccentric”. But I don’t hate him !!
Well worth a read though

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A great book

Reviewed: 11-08-23

Amazing book - fantastic how the author gives the back story for each of the characters and even if you cannot side with them it invokes empathy for their cause right across the spectrum - a must read

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So different than the film

Reviewed: 27-04-23

I have read a lot of SK’s books over the years and listened to a fair few on audible - I knew the gist of this book from seeing the film from years ago and the film simply doesn’t start to do the book justice - this book gives character depth and is extremely well performed by James Franco - top marks from me - and such a prophetic book too in many ways - just a shame an ex President never had the opportunity to use a kid as a shield because you know damn well he would have done

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An excellent fairy tale

Reviewed: 27-03-23

Great book - I didn’t want it to end - it will be an excellent book to adapt to film - Mr King makes the villains so villainous - it makes you wonder where he draws inspiration from but then again when you think it was written during lockdown in a land that had the republicans in charge it isn’t too difficult to guess - bravo Sir as always 👍🏻

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Only open minds need apply

Reviewed: 08-03-23

Enjoyable book - looks at things in a different way and challenges traditional wisdom - well worth a read - ps we are all doomed

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