Ben Elton, Inconceivable (Inconceivable - Ben Elton)

Member Name: biobaby11

Product:	Inconceivable - Ben Elton
Date:	20/06/00 (25 review reads)
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Advantages: very comical

Disadvantages: cketchy characters

The book on which the film "Maybe Baby" is based, I was expecting this to be very funny. And it is. It's just that the characters aren't really very likeable. The novel is written in alternate diary format, with Lucy and Sam, an infertile couple, writing down their feelings for themselves. However, as the novel progresses not only do we become more involved in their longing for a child, but also the conflict between them as to whether they really do want one or not as their lives take turns that the other partner does not know about.
Although it is incredible funny, and in fact had me waking my sister up laughing at one point, the problem is that the characters just aren't very likeable and you end up not even wanting them to have children. It's still a good read though and I would recommend it as not being insensitive in its treatment of a very sensitive subject.

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