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Ben Elton, Blast From The Past
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2 Reviews For Ben Elton, Blast From The Past

  • Cherubscherry Rank: 2nd Lieutenant 2nd May 2006

    Reviewer rating: 5 stars


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    By far my favourite of Ben Eltons books. Blast From The Past has an original plot as always but with a personalised twist. Anyone reading this book can put themselves completely in any of the characters positions. You can see a bit of the madness that love can cause in life and how difficult it is to leave it behind when you have to.

    Here you have someone following their heart and another following their head, both causing a lot of pain for others and neither being happy. An achingly sad novel with a slither of potential happiness breaking through the loneliness at the end.

  • mmmunster Rank: Lance Corporal 29th Mar 2005

    Reviewer rating: 3.5 stars


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    Blast from the Past by Ben Elton has one dominant theme: love is not the strongest thing in the world. Fear, greed, selfishness in desires can contaminate love and turn it into an obstacle instead of a reward. The main characters, Jack and the insane character, both of whom are selfish, self-centred and greedy, are used to illustrate the theme. In the end they do not get what they want. Instead, they both come to consequences as bad as death itself - they hurt themselves and the woman they loved ...