Peter Jukes
Auteur van A Shout in the Street : An Excursion into the Modern City
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Algemene kennis
- Geboortedatum
- 1960-10-13
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- UK
- Opleiding
- University of Cambridge (Queens' College)
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The Fall of the House of Murdoch: Fourteen Days That… door Peter Jukes
This is certainly a thorough read of all the intricacies of the hacking scandal and of how Murdoch came to acquire so much power in the media in Britain and globablly. It is a worthwhile read in these respects and is certainly well researched.
Quite an interesting story of how a maid without really meaning to, just giving in to the paranoia of the foreigner and the employee, might really mix and screw up a marriage. Or did she - was she herself the victim? The end was rat-tat-tat a cop-out, couple of pages and that's it leaving you wondering about the details, if they were all red herrings or the loose ends were just plain bad writing.
It seems to me that many people can plot a story and develop characters but when it comes to the ending, they don't know what to do. So they employ some hackneyed psychological excuse or 'ha, it was the delivery man that did it (remember the delivery man, chapter four?)' and the unsatisfactory feeling lingers, even though the rest of the book was quite enjoyable.
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It seems to me that many people can plot a story and develop characters but when it comes to the ending, they don't know what to do. So they employ some hackneyed psychological excuse or 'ha, it was the delivery man that did it (remember the delivery man, chapter four?)' and the unsatisfactory feeling lingers, even though the rest of the book was quite enjoyable.
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- Werken
- 9
- Leden
- 63
- Populariteit
- #268,028
- Waardering
- 3.6
- Besprekingen
- 2
- ISBNs
- 12
- Talen
- 1