Anti Pleasure

All I have to say is that I have mixed feelings for Irvine Welsh! I wish I could think of one word for the books that he portrays, but there is NO words.

Has anyone ever tried to read his books? I have read Trainspotting and I just finished “Ecstasy”. Now he usually writes in Scottish dialect and let me tell you, if you can’t take the few minutes to decipher each sentence, you’re sitting there thinking “what the heck did this person say? AND WHO is talking?”

I can usually get through his books really quickly because I’ve picked up what the slang words are.

Trainspotting is definitely one of my favorite movies ever made, but sometimes the book by Irvine Welsh is hard to get through. The book and movie both deal with how heavy the heroine habit can get and it’s written AMAZINGLY.

Ecstasy is just a jumbled mess I think. But it gave me some giggles. Most of the stories have a slab of dark humor thrown in with the most bizarre and grotesque contemporary writing I have EVER seen! Ecstasy has unconnected novellas, the last story in the book is probably my favorite one about Lloyd and then it flips back to Heather’s story… these two character’s stories are told separately. How Irvine describes some of the predicaments drug users get into, and what happens on the come downs, or first times… it’s just so comical yet, true, the way he described it.

I won’t get into what the first two stories are about, you may just have to read that yourself! Haha.

I do love anyone unique and Irvine Welsh is DEFINITELY unique. I don’t know if I can handle another one of his books for a wile though! lol

It is interesting to see what he comes out with because he spends his time in Scotland, England and Holland. So I can just imagine where he gets his inspiration from.

Kudos for keeping my entertained mr. Welsh! According to Wikipedia, Welsh has been on reading tours all around the world, and is involved with DJing, promoting and he is a producer as well. *thumbs up* You certainly are original.

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