Inconceivable - Ben Elton Reviews

Quick Review:: A beautifully poignant Romantic Comedy from Ben Elton. This novel is written in an "Adrian Mole Diary" style and follows Sam and Lucy in their desperate quest for a child. This is full of laugh out loud gags, no really, I found myself chuckling out loud on quite a few occasions but it's not without a few ...  Read the complete review

Inconceivable by Ben Elton: - Hilarious novel written by Ben Elton, published in 1999 by Bantam Press- Summery: - Sa and Lucy are happily married and in love but despite their feelings their ambitions are very different. Lucy wants a baby more than anything in the world. Sam wants to write a hit movie. Lucy convinces Sam to ...  Read the complete review

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 ...  Read the complete review

To my great annoyance, I'm not much of a reader anymore. I work too much, go out too much, sleep too much and have a boyfriend to entertain - reading seems to take a bit of a back seat in amongst the rest of my life, especially as I haven't been commuting for the last two years (alas, all this is about to change!). In times of being a ...  Read the complete review

I have read books that have long drawn out chapters, I have read books that have short punchy three page chapters, I have read books written as diaries and even a book written entirely as e-mails but this was the first book that I have read that had no chapters and hence no sign posted markers to when you could consider taking a pause from reading ...  Read the complete review

This book is about a BBC guy writing a diary about struggling with infertility, and then writing a screen play about writing a diary about struggling with infertility. Given that Ben Elton himself works for the BBC and has, you've guessed it, been struggling with infertility, this book is basically written about him. This structure ...  Read the complete review

I must say I love Ben Elton anyway-but i can be critical so dont think I'm being completely biased! This story is about Sam and Lucy a happily married couple both with careers, but Lucy desparatley wants a baby and is often yanking Sam out of work to do the deed so to speak! Sam doesnt seemed to fussed either way-hes too bothered about ...  Read the complete review

Bden Elton's most recent book, Inconceivable is another of his deep and meaningful stories, written as a series of diary extracts from the two characters involved, it is a really interesting read and a format I'm not used to - a welcome change to the usual narrative of a novel. The Plot: --------- Sam and Lucy Bell, ...  Read the complete review

I am not a great reader but had had this book recommended to me by several different people and decided to purchase it for my holiday-read! (Along with Bridget Jones' Diary, which I have also written an opinion for!) So I got reading this book as I boarded the plane. As you can probably tell from the cover and title it is about a ...  Read the complete review

I really wanted to hate this book. Nik (my fiancé) had borrowed it from the library and had read me out so many apt and hilarious quotes, that I thought I knew most of the book already! Not only does that annoy me, but I also usually find our favourite authors are worlds apart – he loves Bill Bryson, I can’t get into him; he ...  Read the complete review

This is about a subject which for a few years I thought applied to me - infertility. Inconceivable is about a couple, Sam and Lucy, and their struggle to have a baby. The book is written in the form of the diaries of Sam and Lucy; Sam is doing his reluctantly and feels a bit silly, however Lucy feels it would be beneficial to them both to ...  Read the complete review

I found it hard to put this book down and would recommend it. - Advantages: It was really funny and kept me laughing - Disadvantages: it was a bit jumpy

"Inconceivable",is very funny, easy to read and once you start it is hard to put it down. The book is about a couple who decide to go for fertility treatment, not until they have tried a few more times with various new ideas or techniques. He is a writer,his dream is to write a screenplay.She works for an acting agency.Around ...  Read the complete review

My Fiance bought this book and promised me that I could borrow it when he had finished. Let's just say I had a long wait.... I had previously read Gridlock by Ben Elton which I found rather slow and hard to get into so I hoped that Inconceivable would be different.. and it was thankfully! The stylethe book is written in is ...  Read the complete review

Firstly I must mention that I still haven't seen the movie made after this book was written.I believe its called maybe baby!! I will get around to it one day but I have a list a mile long of movies still to see,lol!! I got inconceivable as a christmas gift and it lay in a pile for about 2 months before I desided to have a looksie ...  Read the complete review

Having seen the film ‘Maybe Baby’ and found it somewhat ordinary, when I received a copy of ‘Inconceivable’, on which the film is based, I immediately put it on the shelf to collect dust. Today however I had a hospital appointment and as I expected a lot on hanging about I picked it up on my way out of the house. Having ...  Read the complete review

Inconvievable is the book that the film Maybe Baby was based around. I read the book before I seen the film, and I’m glad I did it that way round – the book inspired me to go watch the film, but I doubt the inverse would be true. The film doesn’t create the same warmth in the characters and doesn’t develop them as well as ...  Read the complete review

Ah wait, wrong Elton. Ben, as you probably know, has written/co-written many successful BBC sitcoms (including Blackadder, The Thin Blue Line and The Young Ones). He's also a famous stand up comedian and a good novelist. To be perfectly honest, I was shocked. Ben always seems to have an obsession with killing people off. ...  Read the complete review

I have seen several of Ben Elton's books around before so when I had some spare cash I decided to go and buy one. At the time "INCONCEIVABLE" was being released so I decided to give it a go. He has previously written 5 books, Stark, Gridlock, This other eden, Popcorn and blast from the past. I found it in the humour section and it ...  Read the complete review

This book by the well known author Ben Elton is about a middle aged couple who are trying to conceive! It is set in a diary style and is true to life. The main characters are called Sam and Lucy, they are determined to have a baby and it follows through the events. Some parts are really funny throughout the book but some of the ...  Read the complete review