Pure Drivel by Steve Martin Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Pure Drivel
Book Review: Witty musings from a talented writer.
Summary: 3 Stars
Mr. Martin's book, Pure Drivel, is full of clever writing. It is, however, not much more than that. Reminiscent of Vonnegut's book of short stories, Welcome to the Monkey House, I expected it to leave me with the same feeling of thoughtful pleasure and somewhat breathless awe of Mr. Martin's skillful manipulations of the language. It didn't. Pure Drivel seems to be a collection of bits and pieces, the mere warm-up exercises of a writer. While it is encouraging for me as a budding writer to see that even such doodles of language can be published and sold, this book does not do the author justice. It was interesting to see what a writer that I admire does in his spare time, but I don't think that it was worth paying for it. Afterall, I don't think that my literary doodles will ever find such notoriety. I have to save up for my own career!:)nikki
Book Review: Very strange. Not funny.
Summary: 1 Stars
Sorry, just didn't get this book. Didn't laugh more than a couple of times in the first 50 pages, so then just skimmed the rest. Wasn't funny. Just unintelligible. Don't bother.Book Review: Steve Martin is the best comedian ever
Summary: 4 Stars
His book pure drivel is a great portraying of him, but I don't believe that this is his best work. Some of the chapters were hilarous, but I think that if oyu have never heard of Steve Martin, this is not the best place to start. Try the Jerk!Book Review: Delicious
Summary: 4 Stars
A petite four of a book - tasty and expensive yet somewhat unsatisfying. Martin's witty thoughts meander delightfully over an unreal landscape. His intelligence and education shine throughout these finely crafted short essays. However, I wish there was more, both in volume and substance.Book Review: Pure Drivel?...Oh Yes!
Summary: 3 Stars
"Pure Drivel" gave me a few chuckles, but to be honest, I expected something funnier--but maybe the title is both the point and disclaimer. The style feels like he wrote it one Saturday while relaxing by his pool, after a few drinks. I'm glad that he included all those "smart" topics: space exploration, mensa, etc. I wouldn't want to mistake it with something Dave Barry wrote on a bad day.