Ben Elton taps his personal career to produce a book centered around a couple working at the BBC. The entire book is formed from the couple's personal diaries, created to help then deal with the difficulty of getting pregnant. As per usual, the Elton brand of wit is sharp, rude and cutting edge, hitting on the taboo areas of our everyday lives most people don't feel comfortable talking about. It's interesting reading since Elton never hints at where he's leading you, or to about which subject he will open up like a can of worms next. The charactisation will make you ask questions of yourself as Elton is uncanny in his portrayal of human psychology and behaviour - it's very Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus. So far, it's all good news. However, I did find that the actual flow of the book was somewhat impeded by the Diary Entry form of the book. Overall it's a good read; which is on-the-ball with cultural events and humour, but the format, although original, prevents real immersion and gets rather stale towards the end. ( )

A humorous novel about an English couple attempting to conceive a child. Most of the jokes miss their target. ( )

Not a bad book- took me a little while to get used to the style. Couldn't put it down for the last 100 pages. ( )

I enjoyed this - the amusing and sad sides of a couple's problematic drive to conceive a child. Very funny in places. I didn't buy the plot turns towards the end though. ( )