With One Lousy Packet of Seed is Lynne Truss's splendidly malicious novel about contemporary celebrity journalism and its intrusiveness. Mu...
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Jul 30, 2011
John
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This really is a bit lame. The construct and characterisation is very reminiscent of Tom Sharpe but not nearly as clever. The farce reaches Brian Rix proportions whilst Truss' personal predilection for grammatically correct English is ever present and one cannot but help identify Michelle as her alter ego...although clearly I cannot comment on her association with the pitch fork thing! This would probably serve as a piece of lightweight escapism on holiday but you'd probably crack it on the f
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Oct 05, 2010
Cupcakencorset
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This short comic novel by the author of “Eats, Shoots & Leaves” is a hoot! It’s an old-fashioned farce, mostly in the classic tradition, set in relatively modern-day England. I loved the literary “smirk” that I sensed in this piece, for example, at the end, when Truss uses an outside character to resolve a recurring plot point, but acknowledges the cheat openly by having one of the main characters ask that outside character, “Sir, have you ever heard the theatrical expression deus ex machina?” H
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Apr 19, 2009
Lois
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Highly amusing, especially since I am a freelance magazine writer and editor. Terrific characters.
I listened to an audio book; the British narrator was great (except that his American characters sounded more like Australians).
Couldn't stop listening--I dragged the book with me from car to kitchen and back again. Usually I listen to one book in the car and a different one in the house.
I listened to an audio book; the British narrator was great (except that his American characters sounded more like Australians).
Couldn't stop listening--I dragged the book with me from car to kitchen and back again. Usually I listen to one book in the car and a different one in the house.
Aug 04, 2011
Funny in parts but certainly not a great comic novel. Relies far too heavily on coincidences. I don't mind suspending disbelief, but not to that extent. Almost all the characters present extreme versions of human characteristics so when this is added to the coincidences it comes across as being over-reliant on device rather than plot or dialogue.
Nov 16, 2010
Christen
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If you have the chance, listen to this one on tape. The reader is outstanding. The book is hilarious. It's about mistaken identity (sort of), murder mystery (sort of), romance (sort of). No need to read it in depth for plot mysteries. It's just a good, funny, entertaining book.
Jul 28, 2011
loved this book. I started laughing after 5 pages, and carried on everytime I picked it up to read. Hilarious!
Sep 04, 2009
Kim
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I read this one for the fall challenge- I had to find a book with the word 'Packet' in the title. My local library had this one and I am so glad I didn't buy it. I didn't enjoy it at all. It just seemed to ramble on. The story was about a gardening magazine.
Dec 09, 2011
Lisa
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It was mildly amusing at times, but it wasn't as funny as I had expected it to be.
Apr 26, 2011
Janette
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Task 8. Read a book with 7 or more words in the title. Subtitles don't count (ie. nothing after the colon)
Jan 30, 2010
Arielle
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Too convenient and muddled. The story never really gelled and I didn't care about the characters (or even remember which was which, in large part).
Jul 22, 2009
Aletha
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This book is even more wittier than the Eats, shoots and leaves. The characters are great, the humor excellent upper lip stuff, and the language just so elegant that it leaves me wanting to start rereading it all over again- its style is so much better than Eats, shoots and leaves, that she is someone whose style of writing I surely wish to absorb in like a sponge.
Apr 14, 2008
Georgina
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I read 'Eats, Shoots & Leaves' a couple of years ago and was very interested to come across one of Truss's novels. I wasn't disappointed, this had everything I love about British humour.
Oct 22, 2007
Jo
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That we can all identify with somebody in this book.... there's somebody else out there that thinks like me!
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