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spooky_miss) wrote2010-12-31 09:40 pm
spooky_miss) wrote2010-12-31 09:40 pm
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Book One Hundred and Eighteen
Book One Hundred and Eighteen - The Liar by Stephen Fry
I was really disappointed with this book. I was looking forward to reading it as I think Stephen Fry is great, but this book was really confusing and didn't seem to have a very good storyline. It seemed to go back and forth in time - and as I think the main character was supposed to be the "liar" of the title, I wasn't sure which was his "real" life and which bits he just made up (although obviously it was all fiction! I just wasnt sure if he was supposed to be making up part of his life or not). It started quite well, about a boy at school, and then I thought it was about him going on to university, but then I wasn't sure as it just got all confusing. And as you can tell by this review, I can't even really say what it was about, or what the conclusion was! I hope his autobiography is better, as I got the second volume for Christmas and still need to read the first one! I don't really recommend this book, unfortunately! 5 / 10
Thats it for this year then - just two books off my target of 120 - which I realise I wasn't even going to aim for this year, just looked back at what I wrote before I started doing these reviews, and I just aimed to read "over 100 books"! So I have done quite well really - I'll probably leave next years goal as the equally vague "at least 120 books", and hope that I reach it! :D
I was really disappointed with this book. I was looking forward to reading it as I think Stephen Fry is great, but this book was really confusing and didn't seem to have a very good storyline. It seemed to go back and forth in time - and as I think the main character was supposed to be the "liar" of the title, I wasn't sure which was his "real" life and which bits he just made up (although obviously it was all fiction! I just wasnt sure if he was supposed to be making up part of his life or not). It started quite well, about a boy at school, and then I thought it was about him going on to university, but then I wasn't sure as it just got all confusing. And as you can tell by this review, I can't even really say what it was about, or what the conclusion was! I hope his autobiography is better, as I got the second volume for Christmas and still need to read the first one! I don't really recommend this book, unfortunately! 5 / 10
Thats it for this year then - just two books off my target of 120 - which I realise I wasn't even going to aim for this year, just looked back at what I wrote before I started doing these reviews, and I just aimed to read "over 100 books"! So I have done quite well really - I'll probably leave next years goal as the equally vague "at least 120 books", and hope that I reach it! :D