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Summer Things (1999)

by Joseph Connolly(Favorite Author)

3.48 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0571195741 (ISBN13: 9780571195749)

languge

English

genre

Humor

publisher

Faber and Faber

review 1: Was somewhat entertaining, but the style of writing took away from it. At times, it was funny, but I didn't find it to be as hilarious as others who have reviewed it seemed to think. Wasn't a complete waste of my time, and would be good for an airplane ride or the like where something serious and deeply engrossing isn't the best option. Otherwise, it's eh. Cover art of the book is awesome though! Haha.
review 2: Oh dear. This is unquestionably the worst-written book I can remember reading, even allowing for my only foray into modern chick lit (a Sophie Kinsella).Connolly has written a biography of PG Wodehouse, and a reviewer in The Times likened this book to one of PGW's (I can only assume the reviewer had never read any PGW), but there are no wonderful Wode... morehousian metaphors and I couldn't detect any similarity of characterisation or plotting.I only got to page twenty something as I was keener to get out a blue pencil and rewrite and correct it than actually to read the story, so I never reach any of the (allegedly) really funny sections. I rarely give up on a book and have certainly never given up on one after so few pages, but it was too dire to waste any more time; I read for pleasure, not to get cross!Casual and even incoherent language can work in direct speech and even, if done skilfully, in narrative, but the rambling, impossibly punctuated sentences with surplus words in a random order is continuous and infuriating. less

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