by Steve Hely
Satire is always fun. There is something so rewarding about taking the piss out of someone, something or society. The problem with satire is either that the target often doesn't have much of a sense of humour or that the joke is just dragged out too far. One of the greatest works of satire, Jonathan...
This is supposed to be funny? I don't know where the humor of these publishers are...I won't bother writing a review because, what can I say of a book that didn't elicit even a grin? Maybe my sense of humor is dead... or somewhere else, but is definitely in this book.
4.5 starsI'm currently feeling a little bit stupid for not having made notes on this novel before I left for my holiday; but I shall try and review it best as I can; especially as I actually really enjoyed this book. In the wake of Fifty Shades storming the best selling book list, the idea of what m...
Great fun.
ha! so funny.
Pretty humorous, though a bit irregular at times. Bordering on strangely poignant when it comes to truth, writing and commercialism.
Amusing, light, and fun if you sometimes wonder why your friends are raving about some piece of unfortunately published fluff or drek. I found it enjoyable until near the end, which I thought was rushed and the protagonist's epiphany unearned.
I really couldn't stop myself from reading a book about a guy who decides to become a famous novelist in order to completely humiliate his ex-girlfriend at her wedding, the aptly titled How I Became a Famous Novelist, by Steve Hely. Pete creates his best-seller, The Tornado Ashes Club, by assembling...
I read the first 70 pages of this book and had to conclude that it's just not my cuppa java.
It's not often I laugh out loud while reading adult fiction, I'll smile, chuckle or even offer a little internal acknowledgement to a clever quip. Hely made me guffaw. I found myself rereading passages that I didn't quite grasp, not because of poor execution but because I was still laughing, still...
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