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katiejim's review against another edition
challenging
dark
funny
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
thetruelasec's review against another edition
1.5
Pretentious, in the true definition of the word. Dry musings from a writer who seems to think that by being counter-culture, by being contrarian, and by being absurd and strange, that it somehow creates deeper meaning, but really just seems like the intoxicated ramblings of someone not very talented.
quizoola's review against another edition
challenging
dark
funny
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
behindthecritic's review against another edition
2.0
DNF at 85 pages.
I was sent this from And Other Stories for review.
This book is very very bleak but it is very clever. I had to stop reading this because I found it too dark to read at this moment in time. It is set in the city I live in and shows a dystopian post-brexit world that scarily feels close to England's current reality.
Jarivs Cocker writes the introduction to this edition and states how brilliant this book is but will never read it again and this is how I feel. I do want to attempt to read this again at a later date (when I hopefully have some distance from brexit) but at this moment I have had to put this down.
I was sent this from And Other Stories for review.
This book is very very bleak but it is very clever. I had to stop reading this because I found it too dark to read at this moment in time. It is set in the city I live in and shows a dystopian post-brexit world that scarily feels close to England's current reality.
Jarivs Cocker writes the introduction to this edition and states how brilliant this book is but will never read it again and this is how I feel. I do want to attempt to read this again at a later date (when I hopefully have some distance from brexit) but at this moment I have had to put this down.
barrynorton's review against another edition
5.0
Dark and satirical, these are a two sets of Burroughsian routines about England - in the 90s and in the new century. Etchells says his biggest influence is Mark E Smith, and that shows.
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