A review by blysse
The Fry Chronicles by Stephen Fry
1.0
I am very surprised and slightly disappointed to be giving this book a 1 star review ( really, it should have been a zero star review).
I had read Moab is my Washpot and loved it. I like Fry's forays into comic writing and acting on British television.
But I found reading this book an extremely aversive experience- so much so that I barely finished it. Fry descends into the sort of verbose narcissism that is hard work to enjoy.
If I were to summarise my review a la Fry it would read as follows:
'His prolix pomposity encouraged the deviation of my attention from the examination of this exposition'
On the upside though, and maybe worth the one star after all, I did learn some new words.
I had read Moab is my Washpot and loved it. I like Fry's forays into comic writing and acting on British television.
But I found reading this book an extremely aversive experience- so much so that I barely finished it. Fry descends into the sort of verbose narcissism that is hard work to enjoy.
If I were to summarise my review a la Fry it would read as follows:
'His prolix pomposity encouraged the deviation of my attention from the examination of this exposition'
On the upside though, and maybe worth the one star after all, I did learn some new words.