Sex in public and on the NHS (Inconceivable - Ben Elton)

Member Name: sympatic

Product:	Inconceivable - Ben Elton
Date:	10/04/09 (66 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Funny and well written

Disadvantages: Not a classic

Ben Elton tends to churn out easy to read satirical books which are a bit like fast food, you sort of enjoy it while your eating it but afterwards you still feel hungry and in some cases I have found that with his books I have been left wanting more at the end, that or after afew weeks I have little memory of the book, Inconceivable falls into this category, an enjoyable read but nothing memorable.

The book is about a couple in their thirties who are desperate to start a family, the story is told alternatively from their own points of view through diaries that they keep. Sam and Lucy are part of a comfortable middle calss set of people in the entertainment business. Sam is a little closed off and at first does not like the idea of writing his thoughtsdown, something Lucy tries to encourage however after a while he gets into the swing of things.

This is at times a touching book as you can feel the desperation of Lucy to have a child and at the same time it is very funny as you see the polar attitudes of the two individuals as they interpret the same even from different angles and slowly descend into a spiral of conflict and mistrust.

This book is very readable and the lack of chapters makes it one of those books that is hard to put down, I rattled through it over a couple of days reading and on the whole I enjoyed it, I'm just not sure I would want to read it again or if I will have any strong feelings over it in a few months time but then I tend to find that with most of his work.

Summary: Comedy about having babies