Merde Actually
by Stephen Clarke
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Read in May, 2008
Let me first say that I only read this sequel because one of the teachers I work with was so enthusiastic about how much I would love it. Well, once again, this is a highly readable book, great for long solo trips and such, and the main character is actually almost tolerable in this one. There are brief moments (all too few, actually, but it's certainly a step in the right direction, anyway) when Paul actually seems to have learned that different doesn't necessarily mean bad. Still, he remains a...more
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Read in September, 2007
recommends it for:
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As delightful as I found this book's predecessor, this attempt to duplicate was dreadful. Awful. Painful. Irritatingly pathetic. A "look how much work it takes to bore me" endeavour. I didn't even finish it, and I've finished Dickens, for chrissake. It is the actual merde that it refers to.
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Read in January, 2006
The sequel to 'A Year in the Merde', this book possesses many of the same characteristics as its prequel. I think this is a fun vacation read, one where it doesn't matter if you put it down for a month at a time in between reads.... Definatly worth reading if you enjoyed the first one.
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Funny story - he's good at giving you an exact feeling of how it feels to live abroad, and how you have to learn to change your way of thinking when living abroad.
"When in Rome..." lol
"When in Rome..." lol
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Read in November, 2006
An easy read, and the plot was a little different, although it somewhat wandered & I didn't feel like different parts of the story necessarily tied together well. But enjoyable overall.
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Read in February, 2008
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Adamrecommends it for: travellers to France
Not quite as entertaining as A Year in the Merde but still enjoyable. Both the story and the protagonist move/grow suitably. Humourous light reading.
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Way more contrived than the first. If you've ever lived with the French/had to deal with them, you will definitely find some parts amusing.
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a funny story about an english man who tried to build an english cafe in Paris, and all the troubles that come with it.
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Hopefully this is as good as the first. I have never read a book that is a straight sequel.
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again, liked the first one the best (a year in the merde), but still enjoyed this one....
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Better than the first part, but the huge success these books have had baffles me still.
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Read in December, 2007
The continuation of Life in the Merde. As funny as the first!
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Read in August, 2004
this second book wasn't as funny as the first, but not bad.
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Read in January, 2006
Not as funny as the first, but still a good read.
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Read in February, 2008
recommends it for:
those who aren't critical of their bilingual disabilities, as well as people with a sense of humour.
Second book in the Merde series by Stephen Clarke.
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Read in February, 2006
I read the first...so the second had to follow.
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Read in February, 2007
The saga continues with a wonderful tempo.
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This book is total shit. Don't buy it.
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