Life's Too F***ing Short

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Customer Reviews:

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  2008-07-16
  By Lit Pedant, London
  I was thoroughly looking forward to a rollocking good read as I'm quite a fan of JSP's particular brand of philosophy. However, having made disparaging remarks about health, beauty and fitness gurus and journalists, Ms SP goes on to present us with her own 'expertise' on how to eat healthily (all fresh fruit and veg, limited bread and potatoes etc - heard it all before!), exercise (not to lose weight, you understand, but you've still got to do an hour a day, albeit in shifts: she's apparently unconcerned about exercising too seriously, but is happy to do sit-ups to The Archers!)and eliminate eye bags. Oh please! This so smacks of just another self-help book along the lines of those she dismisses as utter rubbish - except that in this case the person writing it has no credentials in her subject matter whatsoever!
  
  As an example, there is a section on how damaging and generally useless 'cranky' diets are, yet at the bottom of the spread is an illustration of a whole week's eating plan: I was at a complete loss to fathom from the text whether the illustrated diet was one of the 'cranky' eating regimes she was slating, or whether it was her own recommended weekly intake!
  
  In short, JSP has totally sold out - which is hardly the action I would have expected of a woman who openly savages anyone trying to make a(dishonestly) fast buck. In my view this is sheer hypocrisy.
  
  Oh, and one final thing: who the hell sub-edited this book? Speaking here as a fellow author (and erstwhile sub editor), although Ms JP could be forgiven for not having a full grasp of grammar, it should not have escaped the attention of any sub worth his or her salt that 'its' when use in the context of a possessive pronoun (eg 'its own style') should NOT carry an apostrophe. This error recurs throughout the book. Anything to say about that, Lynne Truss?
  
  
  
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  2008-07-28
  By Annie, England
  This was the most boring book I have ever read, in fact I did not finish the book because it became so boring.
  Janet Street Porter is an intelligent women however this does not show in this book.
  The contents of this book we know already, nothing new.
  
  
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  2008-08-05
  By Mrs. J. Mayhead, South UK
  I bought this book for a bit of light holiday reading and was attracted by the title and write up as I thought it would be quite a funny book. I have mixed views about it. It does offer some no nonsense viewpoints which act as a good reminder about certain things but then seemed to trail off into some very strange parts about food exercise etc. that didn't seem to fit with the rest of the book and were very basic. Ok for a light read but not as good or as funny as I hoped it would be.
  
  
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  2008-08-22
  By Ms. S. P. WELLS, London
  I was attracted to this book by the design and layout which is really interesting. It is a kick up the ass for anyone feeling downtrodden and also provides cookery tips - what more could you ask for!
  
  
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  2008-08-25
  By AuthorDox, Mcr, UK
  It's about time! After a deluge of tepid, psycho-babble tomes, along comes a cogent, refreshing slab of common sense. I was beginning to think it was just me getting cantankerous at 36. It's like having a wise, eccentric auntie tell you what you already-suspect-you-might-be-starting-to-almost-realise; but kicking you up the arse as she does it!
  Read it in one sitting. So gripped I didn't even get round to putting my feet up, or turning on the 'proper' reading light. Who cares? As Janet says, 'rules are made to be broken! Wahey! Thanks Janet!