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The Fry Chronicles (2010)

by Stephen Fry(Favorite Author)

3.9 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0718154835 (ISBN13: 9780718154837)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Michael Joseph

series

Memoir

review 1: I loved 'Moab is my washpot' and wanted to love this too- but struggled to finish it. '"Why should anyone bleat on about what they feel (...) all the time? It isn't dignified, (...) interesting and it isn't attractive" Many a true word- but he did! Along with lots of name dropping and woe is me- but didn't I do well- I actually admire him for his command of the wonderful English language but found the author's attempts to be self-deprecating unnecessary and excessive in its superfluousness.If books are about enjoyment- this just didn't hit the button for me.
review 2: I just finished this audio book and what I perhaps liked the most is Stephen Fry's British accent, together with his outstanding elocution. This brought me straight back to my London days from th... moree bus to and from work in Sydney, when I listened to the book. It was also a great 'read' for the things you learn along the way, e.g. 1) the mechanics of the inner creative circles at universities such as Cambridge, which Fry attended and 2) the unlikely combination of being all at the same time 'gay for 90%', a humanist who can't sing at all and someone with a severe chocolate addiction (among many others). More anecdotally, Fry had his first ever movie role in Chariots of Fire (1981) and met Rowan Atkinson during his student days while Mr Bean attended Oxford. My only serious criticism of the book is that it abruptly stops at the time when Fry turns 30. Yes, it was fascinating to hear about Fry's troubled teenage years followed by his roaring twenties, but I did not quite know what to think of the ending: 'The later part of my life will be the object of another book' or something along these lines, pompously accompanied by some classical music. Perhaps a commercial move dictated by the publishing house, perhaps not. A very good book nonetheless for all lovers of English humour and lifestyle. less

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