What Just Happened?!: Dispatches from Turbulent Times (The Sunday Times Bestseller)

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I also think it requires a certain amount of knowledge and understanding of British politics, as the columns are written as reaction to events rather than describing them.

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Nice to be reminded that current pin-up girl of the tories and second favourite to replace Truss, Penny Mourdant, backed more than her fair share.I thought this was a good way to lay out the book as it broke up the narrative and also provided a bit of light relief.

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If there could possibly be said to be a silver lining to the shit-shroud we’ve all had to wear over the past six years (Hyde’s book begins in 2016), it is the fact that desperate times make for extremely funny journalism. I sort of forced myself to read this present of a book as it’s outside my idea of relaxing reading - reading a summary of newspaper columns written over the last 5-6 years. It's not going to please people with certain politics, but for those whose politics is even centre-ground, Marina Hyde's pithy way with words will have you laughing out loud.Admittedly, I rarely engage sports journalism, unless sports interacts with another issue I care about, such as violence against women. In fact, I think I’ll seek out her columns in her newspaper which has free online availability, as I’m on the same page as her regarding our mutual dislike of the current crop of politicians, and not all of them being on the Right of the political spectrum either. The book ends with Boris Johnson’s resignation and the forthcoming leadership election and concludes with the words ‘Send in the Clowns. I often find myself re-reading paragraphs in wonder - thinking how cleverly they have been constructed, so sharply cutting through to the point at hand. Normally I would rate something like this 3 stars, but Marina is so incredibly funny, and witty, and on point, that I have to bump it up.

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