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A Spot of Bother
by: Mark Haddon
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Rating:  - Laugh out loud book... loved it...
This is the second time I have read this book and I loved it just as much as the first time I read it! This book has some real `laugh out loud' bits which made me think that this should really be made into a TV series or film.
The book is centred around George who is slowly losing his mind! What I enjoyed about the book was that you feel as though you actually got to know (and love) the characters. Haddon is very good at drawing out his characters, giving them all strong personalities, each ... Read More
Rating:  - OK but not exactly brilliant
This book is alright to read if you are bored lying in bed with a cold and want a light and easy book. Some of the writing is quite good to an extent in terms of humour. On the other hand, I did not warm myself to the characters at all. For most of the novel they actually seemed quite unfriendly. This may be biased but I got the feeling that if they were real and I spoke to them, insults would be spewing from every nerve connection in their brains and they would give me that long, hard, cold 'are you ... Read More
Rating:  - A spot is bothering them...
The painful anatomy of a family, with a funny side to it. And for those who, like me, have already read and appreciated `The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time', this is a very different book by the same author.
George, the father, has retired and seems content with his pressure-free life. His wife Jean is mightily distracted by some private matters and the organization of the wedding reception for their daughter Katie, who is getting married for the second time. Her parents ... Read More
Rating: - Funny, real, preposterous.
This is a superb novel about a group of characters that might just be real but clearly are not. Haddon is able to write to produce a whole gamut of reactions, from amusement to stomach-churning. His characters fill a whole host of societal boxes: mentally ill, homosexual, single mother, adulteress. They are at the same time completely real and completely preposterous.
Don't approach this as a social commentary, nor as representing reality. Relax and be let yourself be taken along with their ... Read More
Rating:  - POOR
I'm sorry to say I couldn't get into this book. The writing is poor, the characters are forgetable and it all drags on...until I finally gave up reading it halfway through.
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Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9780099506928
ISBN: 0099506920
Label: Vintage
Manufacturer: Vintage
Number Of Pages: 512
Publication Date: June 07, 2007
Publisher: Vintage
Sales Rank: 802
Studio: Vintage
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