The Liar by Stephen Fry Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of The Liar
Book Review: A thought provoking, light hearted, hilarous read
Summary: 4 Stars
What seemed to me to be a man shy of media attention and the public eye on his private life Fry here has astounded me as to the boundries to which he has taken this book. I have the utmost praise for him as the book describes a contemporary view on life surrounded by archaic institutions which have provided a fascade for the fabulously outrageous dealings of teenage boys. It has encorporated intelligence wit and a wonderful insight into an individual of great fun and frolicBook Review: ADD-tastic
Summary: 4 Stars
I don't think I can really add anything to the other reviews. This book is ADD-tastic and you should read it.Book Review: Add Fry's The Liar to your list of favorites
Summary: 5 Stars
Add The Liar to that list of books you re-read, savor, and memorize. You will fall in love with Adrian, Hugo, and Fry himself by the end. This book should be used in composition classes as a text on how to write dialogue; Fry's penchant for scriptwriting shines through every delicious page. It seems it will be only a matter of time before the book is seen on the big screen.Book Review: Adrian, a colourfull and naughty gayboy
Summary: 3 Stars
This book was on the humour shelf but I didnt laugh out loud more than 2 times. Stephen Fry is able to write very good, no doubt. The guy has an incredible fantastic mind. However, its the book's structure that bothered me, and even bored me. I really enjoyed the parts of prep school life. It's refreshing to come up with a gay protagonist who is everybody's boss instead of the underdog. His dialogues are witty and crazy.
All things OK untill I arrived at the spying part. I really had to drag myself through it. This is meant as 'fun' I guess and that's why the book wasnt on the psychological shelf. This Peter Sellers nonsense... This comical sixties cold war end... Why was this story added to the novel? That was the main question running through my head. Maybe Fry wouldnt just deliver the hundredth school novel? Didnt work for me, yet, Fry's writing skills kept up all the way and thats why I finished the Liar
Book Review: Arose strong emotions.
Summary: 5 Stars
"The Liar" is a fantastic novel. As it is Mr. Fry's first, I find myself admiring the author all the more. The book delivers a deliciously fruity insigt into both Fry's literary genius (certainly approaching genius anyway) and his own life. The plot itself swerves from undeniably hilarious jokes to touching, tear-jerking moments, with exciting, edge-of-the-seat stuff in between. The book also contains some gleefully naughty bits to spice the whole thing up. Fry's narrative exceeded all my expectations with his rich, fluent language and I found myslf constantly delighted by such literary and musical knowledge. As an seventeen year old student in a British comprehensive, I was fascinated by Fry's description of a boy's pulic school in the 1970's and Adrian Healey's subsequant adventures. Fry's ability to sympathise and relate to teenagers prooved comforting and his adult, yet playful style made "The Liar" a novel for, hopefully, everybody. A truely superb read.