Skagboys

I should prefix this short review with a disclaimer that I'm a huge Welsh fan-boy and am probably incapable of writing anything totally subjective about this book. Since Trainspotting, I have read everything he has ever done and have bought the books the minute they have come out. I suppose he's the Leggi tutto

Maybe you grew up in a city on the wrong side of town. If so, you might find yourself saying I knew these characters or people who were very similar to them. Irvine Welsh is a master at creating characters that are so real, with each so flawlessly described, that you don’t lose track of who’s who in Leggi tutto

PERFECT I WANT MORE So happy to be reunited with these characters. Love these guys more than words can describe.

Since reading Trainspotting around the time it came out I have read and, to one degree or another, enjoyed every one of Irvine Welsh's books. Before writing this review I had a look round at other reviews and notice that this book polarises opinion, generally though most of the readers who have enjo Leggi tutto

"Per me è stato amore al primo buco, matrimonio alla prima fumata. Esatto, io amo la mia ero. La vita dovrebbe essere come quando sei strafatto." Forse non sarà intenso e viscerale come Trainspotting od esilarante come Porno , ma ho letteralmente adorato questo prequel ambientato agli inizi di quando Leggi tutto

The best book I've read in a while. Don't ask me if it was as good as Trainspotting because that was ages ago. Skagboys sounds right. The dialogue written in phonetic Edinburghese(?) was tricky at the start but I soon got into it and was calling my wife a c**t in no time. Seriously, be careful of th Leggi tutto

Ah dinnae really expect ah'm gaunny git intae a 500 page book that wis written in this dialect, likesay ken? Ah'm nae Scottish gadge masel. But it really did wonders to the book, the language, and the culture that Irvine Welsh depicted in this prequel. TL;DR - if you liked Trainspotting, you'll defin Leggi tutto

For the purposes of this review I decided to read Skagboys, Trainspotting and Porno one after another to get a true feel for the quality of each. I'd read prior to embarking on this epic trek through the 'trilogy' that Skagboys is simply too long-winded and meandering compared to the pithy set-piece Leggi tutto