Don't Tell Mum: Hair-raising Messages Home from Gap-year Travellers |
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Simon Hoggart, Emily Monk
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Pages: 144 (Paperback)
ISBN: 1843545721
Pub: Atlantic Books
Pub date: 2007-06-14
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 182718
Reader Reviews:
Decent couple of hours read... (3/3 people found this helpful)
This book, although really only a collection of e-mails, provides some good laughs and a rather interesting read, if a very short one at that...
My only problem with this is book is that really it seems to be mostly a copy and paste job - there is a foreword and a couple of lines introducing each email, with a couple of pages of gap year e-mailing 'guidelines' at the back which are really only common sense. Although there is some funny content here, it's nothing too memorable or overly hilarious. Unfortunately there also seem to be a bit of filler here(amazing for such a small book!) e-mails which are neither interesting nor funny, remarkable nor extraordinary. It's almost as though this was prepared in a rush or published before they had enough content to make it the fantastic book it had the potential to be - it's a shame.
best book in the whole wide world (8/9 people found this helpful)
this was the best book i have ever read. utterly thrilling, exciting, interesting and highly informative. what a fantastic christmas present....i intend to buy it for everyone, family, friends, and even pets. a must-have this christmas.
Christmas Must-Have (8/8 people found this helpful)
Honestly, this is one of the funniest and unique books I have bought this year.
Hoggart and his new accomplice are witty and cynical, bringing this collection of genuine and terrifying emails to life.
Perfect present for anyone who likes a laugh-out-loud easy read.
You really should buy this book.
TOP OF THE LIST OF THINGS TO BUY THIS XMAS (5/5 people found this helpful)
seriously. grandparents, cousins, siblings- this is my number one choice of present for you this christmas!!! hair raising, hysterical and humbling, this book takes you through the highs and lows of teenage gap years. a delightful read. one for all the family. bravo simon and emily.
seriously funny (5/6 people found this helpful)
I am a fan of Simon Hoggart's and this is his funniest book yet. He has teamed up with a very witty 'gapper' and they have put together a selection of marvellously varied funny and terrifying (to parents) e-mails from gap year travellers. The book is genuinely laugh-out-loud funny and I think it is a book you can give to anyone with teenage children with total confidence that they will love it.
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