Scotland's Jesus

you can't just group oneliners onto the page and call them a paragraph. there are some excellent gems in there, but frankly it was like being forcefed by conveyer belt.......more

There are big chunks of this book where Boyle just re-hashes jokes from earlier chapters, but fits them to the format of whatever he's droning on about. Almost unforgivably bleak and bland, but there are pockets of hilarity throughout, and the final chapter is a nice musing on the celebrity culture......more

I found this book amusing, but it won't stick in the mind for long: it's clear Frankie Boyle's wearing a bit thin. The topical jokes are often hilarious but there's no flow to any of them: it often reads like a very long list of one-liners. Buy it if you like his comedy, but don't expect to read any......more

[2.5] Continuing my lockdown trawl through 'books that have been sitting on my shelves for ages'. I expect this was an Xmas present from someone who doesn't actually read books. Intermittently funny because Boyle can do one-liners. But it does have a half-arsed 'will this do?' feel. Divorced from his......more

3½⭐ Sadly a little dated as politics has moved on. Had I read it at the time it came out, I'm sure I would have enjoyed it more; jokes about a possible Brexit wouldn't sting as much as they do. Boyle is on good form. This reads like a stand up set but with just enough serious criticism and comment to......more