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Sunday Telegraph
'She writes beautifully, as always, and the phrase-making is as good as the characterisation...brilliant'
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These Foolish Things, a kind of less savage version of Kingsley Amis's unbearably funny novel Ending Up. Moggach's prose is markedly more graceful than Agatha Christie's, her moral world is not dissimilar', The Times .'It is characterisation at which Moggach excels. Her gift is to perceive and describe our confusions about life-and to write with feeling about the continual quest for love and happiness that is part of the human condition', Sunday Times
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115 of 126 people found the following review helpful
Format:Kindle Edition
I enjoyed reading this book. It ends up being quite a heartwarming story but it does take you on the journey of 'what have I done with my life' as all the characters in the book are asking the same thing as they are reaching the end of their lives. I had not seen the film before reading the book but knew which actors where playing which characters and it made the book live even more. It balances the needs, hopes and aspirations of older people who feel invisible in todays society with the lives of their children/friends and the world they now live in.
69 of 76 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Her best novel since Tulip Fever, this is a brilliantly funny book about how to the elderly Britain has become a foreign country. An overworked India doctor sets up a retirement home in India, and a group of quirky pensioners make what is probably their last journey to where the Empire's sun never sets. The young Indians they meet are as clean and respectful as young British people are not - fascinated by details of their mundane lives which could make them convincing telesales workers. Yet there are complicated connections with the past which gradually emerge, and an unexpected romance. A wonderful, stylish, touching and bitter-sweet story about what Kingsley Amis called Ending Up.
42 of 47 people found the following review helpful
Format:Kindle Edition
The book is nothing special. Maybe I shouldn't have seen the film, which I thoroughly enjoyed, as it did dictate the way I viewed the book. But that said, there are several changes between the two (no spoilers here), the film seemingly making the changes for the better. They are both heart-warming stories but the movie has the edge, with a well reworked screenplay and a very accomplished cast.
The humour in both is good - not laugh out loud comedy that found recently in books like Ben Elton's Popcorn or Tony Royden's wonderful dark comedy The Dealer, but it's still pretty good.
So a word of advice, if you plan to see the film (or have seen the film), I wouldn't read the book afterwards, as you will probably be as disappointed as I.
The humour in both is good - not laugh out loud comedy that found recently in books like Ben Elton's Popcorn or Tony Royden's wonderful dark comedy The Dealer, but it's still pretty good.
So a word of advice, if you plan to see the film (or have seen the film), I wouldn't read the book afterwards, as you will probably be as disappointed as I.
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New beginnings.
Enjoyable read, with lots of interesting characters . These old folks were not put "out to grass", but enjoyed new activities and friends which gave them a new lease of life.
Published 47 minutes ago by Lynn
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Missed the film so read the book which l really enjoyed. Probably would not have bothered if it had not been so easy to buy and download on to my kindle. Read more
Published 1 hour ago by S. Davies
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Quite different from the film, rather naughty to advertise it with pics of the film's cast. Did not find it particularly absorbing and rather dark to begin with. Read more
Published 4 hours ago by Prudie
Great!
Saw film first and liked so thought I'd try the book. Book much better! Interesting characters, nicely written. Funny and insightful
Published 16 hours ago by Sam
Excellent
I really enjoyed this book, getting to know the characters. Very well written and an easy read. I haven't yet seen the film, but found myself trying to guess who was playing... Read more
Published 1 day ago by Truffle
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I enjoyed the book very much the author captured the personalities well, making them believable, and the problems of growing old. Read more
Published 2 days ago by Molly
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i was,nt very keen on this book i found it quiet boring kept reading thinking it would improve or get more exciting but it never did.
Published 2 days ago by Eula Rowell
Top class writing, clever humour closely resembling real life
I love this book. I really wanted the DVD, but as it was not yet released I went to the source! I am so glad I did. I still want to see the movie but am so enjoying the words. Read more
Published 2 days ago by Jazzer
Started well.....But.....
I felt that this book started very well. The first part was a mixture of funny and deeply thought provoking. Read more
Published 3 days ago by Em
Humour and pathos
Having read so many reviews of the recently released film of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel with it's excellent cast, I decided it was a must-buy for my holiday in May. Read more
Published 4 days ago by Bookworm
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