Like many others I was taken by surprise with this. For the first couple of chapters I thought it was very disjointed and then reaised that it is not actually a memoir as I had presumed. I found the middle chapters thought provoking but my interest waned again before the end as the advice was directed towards anybody planning to go into standup, which I am not. Although I would have loved a few more of his anecdotes I do feel I know Jimmy Carr a lot better than I did which is, I think, what he intended.
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I have been reading a book a week for well over 70 years. I choose books largely from comments in other people's reviews because I don't have time left to read things I know I won't like.
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GrandmaY reviewed Before and Laughter by Jimmy Carr
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3 stars
GrandmaY rated Imagining Decolonisation: 3 stars
GrandmaY rated Between Two Worlds: 4 stars
GrandmaY rated Unsettled Ground: 4 stars
GrandmaY rated The Castaways: 3 stars
GrandmaY rated Underwater Breathing: 4 stars
GrandmaY rated The Good Sister: 4 stars
GrandmaY rated My Brilliant Friend: 1 star
My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante
From one of Italy's most acclaimed authors, comes this ravishing and generous-hearted novel about a friendship that lasts a lifetime. …
GrandmaY rated Shadow House: 1 star
GrandmaY rated A Prayer for Owen Meany: 1 star
A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
Eleven-year-old Owen Meany, playing in a Little League baseball game in Gravesend, New Hampshire, hits a foul ball and kills …
GrandmaY rated Dancing with Minnie the Twig: 4 stars
GrandmaY rated White Teeth: 1 star
White Teeth by Zadie Smith
One of the most talked about fictional debuts of recent years, WHITE TEETH is a funny, generous, big-hearted novel, adored …