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Summary: Always amazing.
Review: With Welsh, it keeps getting better and better. From Trainspotting to Porno, the quality is still perfect, the writing humorous and the plot as intense and engaging. I read all Irvine Welsh's books and can't wait till he releases a new one, I hope soon.
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Summary: I didn't want it to end
Review: Without going into my own summary of the novel all I can say it that this is simply a really fun book. It has incrediable characters in addition to all of the old favorites. "Juice" Terry from Glue is hillarious in this book; "I want to play the rolls of all seven brothers". The storyline is great with Welsh's humor and great plot twists and an ending that makes you wist there were another 500 pages in the book. Before reading this book I strongly recomend reading at least Trainspotting and Glue, but Welsh does give follow ups to all of his other characters in this book. This book will have you smiling all the way through and wanting more.
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Summary: Trainspotting & transporting readers
Review: You may not be lucky enough to have actually bought this book near one of the cities in which the characters find themselves building--and shattering--new lives as I have. Or to reminisce visits to some of the others that come up, like Amsterdam, London and Edinburgh. But Welsh is a good enough writer that you don't have to.I ironically didn't see the movie TRAINSPOTTING nor have I read the book the movie was based on, so I cannot comment about PORNO (the sequel)'s ability to stand up to its predecessor artistically. But I can make a pretty stange comment about it. The characters are woven with such interest, as are the seedy places in the fast moving cities in which they find themselves, that you'd think you wouldn't be able to put the book down. Yet I have successfully put this book down many times, and after about almost four weeks I have yet to finish it. I like it everytime I pick it back up, but I find a way to put it back down when life or some other book distracts me. I cannot say that about other really good or even really bad books; books usually can make me do only one or the other (put it down and not pick it up again if its boring or badly written, or not be able to if it is the opposite). I don't know if that tells you anything about the book itself, but I would suggest if you like Irvine Welsh's work--or if you just like Amsterdam, Edinburgh, London and wonder about the life in the seedy sides (since none of us are going to admit we've ever been there of course) to buy this and see if you can put it down. His style is worthy of your time.
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