The Echo Chamber: John Boyne

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Achilles is leading men on when he's not even gay so he can extort them for money and Nelson doesn't feel comfortable interacting with anyone, namely women unless he's wearing a uniform- where he's mistaken for an actual (doctor, policeman etc) - he digs his own hole. I laughed many times reading this time and I enjoyed the unlikable characters and how everything was wrapped up at the end.

Bestseller and was adapted for a feature film, a play, a ballet and an opera, selling around 11 million copies worldwide. But the character of George Cleverley was just Boyne throwing the toys out of his pram over his own social media run-in and it was just a little bit embarrassing tbh.Obviously it can be used positively (I have had authors contact me which brought some wonderful books into my life) but I still feel that there is a long way to go. Boyne comments on good writing: Well, (according to cleverley beverley in conversation with her ghost) a novel must have good sentences that gather together to make fascinating paragraphs . The Echo Chamber is an easy-enough read but the targets feel too easy and predictable – woke Gen Z, oversexed reality stars, entitled BBC ‘talent’. The main protagonists in The Echo Chamber though, are awful people, completely narcissistic, unsympathetic, downright nasty, though it does make them all wickedly interesting, whilst at the same time, makes for some truly amusing dialogue. This is clever humour, heavy on the pop culture and political references, and so in tune with the pulse of society as it is today.

Mr Boyne uses his writing skills to appeal to our reason, not our hearts, as he mocks modern wokeness and the addiction to social media.This is a far-fetched, ridiculous, funny, biting look at how far we’ve come or how low we have sunk, depending on your point of view, and how attached to a smartphone you are. The story is told through these wonderful characters with a lot of humour and wit and will leave you smiling. That's not to say that there weren't some very funny moments, among the many ridiculous situations and occasionally grating monologues.