James Blunt

Before anyone judges me horribly for reading this book, I have to defend myself by prefacing this review with stressing the point that this was a very random title I picked up in the library of the hotel I was staying in over the last few days in Edinburgh. I picked it up aiming to flick through the first few pages, and before I knew it twenty minutes had passed and I'd finished it (you may be surprised to learn that this is not highbrow literature).

James Blunt has been vilified pretty much show more non-stop since his 'You're Beautiful' song topped the charts for an inordinately long period of time, but having spent 20 minutes in his company in this book I have to say it seems that he brought much of that hatred upon himself. Getting abuse on a daily basis on Twitter, he decided at one point if you can't beat 'em, join 'em, and embarked on a clever social media campaign which more or less entailed him coming up with a much better put down than those flung at him. About 20% of his retorts were aimed at the Tweet originator, but more often than not he simply slagged himself off more acutely in reply. This book is a collection of those Twitter exchanges.

I must admit I did chortle at a few of his replies, but mostly this book reminded me what a complete knob-end James Blunt is. Fair dues, though, he really doesn't care.

2 stars - I really can't recommend this, but thanks for a few smiles, Blunt. show less