well i have to say i was very disapointed in this book! i am having to ready it for A level english and am beggining to get very bored, as the book is boring me non of it is going in to my head which is making it very difficult wright essays on.it maybe well written so in literature it might be interesting, but thats just the style of writting, but the story its self i hard to get in to. i wouldnt recomend this book but if you are also planning on taking A level english this book maybe on the agender so just remember if its not for you,you may have to read it more than once to make it stick in your head.

Faulks has a filthy mind - i had to skip loads of this book! I don't like his style at all - he writes in an arrogant way, and even though he is very precise with his description, he does it very bluntly. I had to read this over the summer holidays - but every time i picked it up and read a page it was just *mind-numbing*. Maybe i dislike it so much because i was ordered to read it and i wanted something in a more 'flowery' 'flowing' style
If you like:
gore/gruesome-ness
lots of 'saucy' moments
serious unhappy stories
...then get out there and read it

Thank you :-D