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rosekk's review against another edition
3.0
I've seen Frankie Boyle live recently (and loved the show), and enjoyed his TV appearances, so the 3 stars is not a rating of his comedy. A lot of this book is funny, and some of it is thought provoking. There were sections I really enjoyed.
The problem was that without Frankie's delivery a lot of the jokes were, though still amusing, shadows of what they'd be on stage. And 300-odd pages of the same humour is a lot in one dose. The story-based sections of the book didn't provide the variation required. They were my least favourite part of the book, as I didn't find them very engaging as nothing that happened in them felt important even though there were relatively high stakes at play. Oddly, the fact that it was a fictionalised version of a real person made me less concerned than I would be over a wholly fictional character, as it's hard to feel for a character when you're reminded that they have a real-world counterpart who's probably fine.
The problem was that without Frankie's delivery a lot of the jokes were, though still amusing, shadows of what they'd be on stage. And 300-odd pages of the same humour is a lot in one dose. The story-based sections of the book didn't provide the variation required. They were my least favourite part of the book, as I didn't find them very engaging as nothing that happened in them felt important even though there were relatively high stakes at play. Oddly, the fact that it was a fictionalised version of a real person made me less concerned than I would be over a wholly fictional character, as it's hard to feel for a character when you're reminded that they have a real-world counterpart who's probably fine.
frankiecully's review against another edition
3.0
Enjoyed the majority of the book and if you read it to yourself in the voice of Frankie Boyle is it really funny. Didn't like his writing at the start of each section in italics. No need.
goldiefan's review against another edition
3.0
This was actually much better than anticipated, with some witty and entertaining lines. Also some dross in there too sadly, I didn’t find the story throughout entertaining and preferred the bits where he ‘freestyled’. Still a good book though.
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