[books 2012] Christopher Brookmyre
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inulro14. Attack of the Unsinkable Rubber Ducks by Christopher Brookmyre
This month's Bibliogoths selection. I've read one of Brookmyre's books before (One Fine Day in the Middle of the Night) and I've been meaning to read more ever since.
This one has fewer laugh out loud moments, but is a better book overall. It's about exposing a medium's fakery through the use of science. But is really quite funny, and uses a lot of good metaphors and similes. On reflection, the plotting is a lot tighter than it seems while you're reading, probably because of the cheeky, sarcastic tone used by (most of) the narrators.
It's not a subtle book - he bashes believers of all sorts, as well as readers of and writers for the Daily Mail. Harshly and repeatedly. One of his main points is that it's just as easy for smart, educated people to be pulled into believing in "woo" as it is for anybody else.
If I ever finish the pile of library books I've already got out, I'll be getting more of Brookmyre's.
This month's Bibliogoths selection. I've read one of Brookmyre's books before (One Fine Day in the Middle of the Night) and I've been meaning to read more ever since.
This one has fewer laugh out loud moments, but is a better book overall. It's about exposing a medium's fakery through the use of science. But is really quite funny, and uses a lot of good metaphors and similes. On reflection, the plotting is a lot tighter than it seems while you're reading, probably because of the cheeky, sarcastic tone used by (most of) the narrators.
It's not a subtle book - he bashes believers of all sorts, as well as readers of and writers for the Daily Mail. Harshly and repeatedly. One of his main points is that it's just as easy for smart, educated people to be pulled into believing in "woo" as it is for anybody else.
If I ever finish the pile of library books I've already got out, I'll be getting more of Brookmyre's.
