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Briefs Encountered (2012)

by Julian Clary(Favorite Author)

4.21 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

009193883X (ISBN13: 9780091938833)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Ebury Press (Fiction)

review 1: Utterly enrapturing tragicomedy that I knew I'd love before I'd bought it. As a loyal Julian Clary and Noël Coward fan, this book already seemed the perfect endeavour for me. And from the first page, it proved that it was. Clary is just as filthy, witty and delightful in print as he is on stage. On finishing, I was left with an enormous grin on my face - not because the book had finally come to an end, of course, but because of the uplifting and hilarious conclusion. Just utter brilliance.
review 2: Gave up on it after about 25% into the book. The characters are uninteresting - they all seem like some sort of cardboard image of what people think these people are or were like. I thought Clary's writing himself as a character wasn't at all funny, and ruined the ... morewhole "suspension of disbelief" thing for me. Nothing much happens, and the descriptions of the house and its defects begin to tire after a while. Also, *spoiler alert*, it was pretty obvious that ghosts are going to come into the story at some point. I'm very disappointed, as I loved Clary's first novel, which was truly brilliant. I hope he goes back to form in his next one. less

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