Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Trainspotting
Book Review: A wonderful book well worth reading!!
Summary: 5 Stars
Trainspotting is a wonderful book well worth reading. Even if one has seen the movie prior to reading, one is in for MANY surprises! I did not expect the book to be this way when I picked it up. It contains characters not even mentioned in the movie and there are scenes in the book not portrayed in the film. Once I got past the THICK Scottish accent, I couldn't put it down. I actually started thinking in the dialect in which the book is written, ye ken?! This book is doss barry novel! (read the book and you'll understand the slang)Book Review: ABSOLUTE GENIUS!
Summary: 5 Stars
I came across this novel, I forget hoe exactly, in 1994. It blew me away. NEVER before i had i read about my country in such a truthful way; I'd never read about Orangemen, drug-addicted prostitutes, schemies, draftpaks, swedgin... But it all made sense. I'm from about as far away from Edinburgh as you can get but this opened my eyes to Scotlans as a whole. Welsh is always in control; he captures the voices beautifully (tho maybe his women aren't perfect). It's exhilarating, deeply thoughful, philosophical, dramatic, comic... it's everything a novel can be. Genius, pure class.Book Review: Absoutely Disturbing, Insane, and Wonderful
Summary: 5 Stars
Trainspotting is the most naughty, disturbing, and most riviting book I have ever read. From cover to cover, my emotions were on a roller coaster. I wish I had seen the movie after I read the book. If anyone reading this has seen the movie, but not read the book, I insist you read it at once. You will totally be blown away.Book Review: Ah the corruption
Summary: 5 Stars
I'm not sure what made me want to read this book in the first place, but I'm glad I did. The scottish slang and phonetically spelled dialogue made the characters really come alive. For a previously uncorrupted person I found this book delightfully enlightening. This book is not just for those who can relate to the lives of the characters! I am as far from Edinburg as possible, literally and figuratively, but I found this book extremely entertaining, funny and totally messed up. Definately worth a read, and many more.Book Review: Amazing - visceral slices of life from the Edinburgh streets
Summary: 5 Stars
The first thing to point out is that the book is very different from the (excellent) film.
This is an amazing book; essentially a collection of vignettes about Edinburgh street life among the heroin users strung together by a common cast and a narrative about Renton escaping.
Making heavy use of the local patois, the book can be difficult to read but it is well worth preserving because the language is an essential element in bringing the amazing cast of characters to life.
The film does have an impact here - as the casting affects your image of the characters - this is not really a problem as the casting was generally excellent - Ewan McGregor and Jonny Lee Miller fitted my mental images of Renton and Sick Boy very well. Robert Carlyle did not conform to my mental image of Begbie but that doesn't really matter as in many ways he was even more terrifying.
Also note that this is not a book for the faint-hearted - it is often graphic and disturbing in its portrayal of drug addiction (particularly the places you might stick needles) and violence (you will certainly think twice before insulting a waitress).
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