The Hippopotamus (edit title)

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Liked It Rated 4 stars “Stephen Fry is hilarious! His voice is very unique and enjoyable.” see full review » see other reviews »

Didn’t Like It Rated 1 stars “Weird. This is the first book by Stephen Fry that I've read. I was just not expecting this sort of tortured writing to come from the genius that played Jeeves....” see full review » see other reviews »

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  • Rated 1 stars

  “Weird.
  
  This is the first book by Stephen Fry that I've read. I was just not expecting this sort of tortured writing to come from the genius that played Jeeves.... ”

  Ahavah-Shimeon W wrote this review 2 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
  • Rated 4 stars

  “Stephen Fry is hilarious! His voice is very unique and enjoyable.”

  Nancy D wrote this review Thursday, March 26 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
  • Rated 4 stars

  “Very, very funny -- Mr. Fry really has a way with words. The plot centers around a teenage boy who may or may not have a miraculous gift for healing, and the narrator is his curmudgeonly, washed-up poet of a godfather. I listened to an audio version, read by the author, and highly recommend it.”

  Georgiana, Lady Tennyson wrote this review Thursday, November 6 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
  • Rated 2 stars

  “I read The Hippopoutamous right after The Liar and was sorely disappointed. It’s still a good (strage) book; Stephen Fry is an amazingly funny story teller. I was just expecting more.”

  Molly E wrote this review Wednesday, July 2 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
  • Rated 5 stars

  “The Hippopotamus is a book with what transpires to be quite a sickening plot, however it is written so well, and narrated by such a loveably horrid character who you cant help but enjoy reading, because of the fact that your picture of him is that of Stephen. I read this as a fan of Stephen Fry's wit and intelligence, and afterwards that was purely exacerbated.
  
  
  
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  Michael duffy wrote this review Saturday, January 5 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
  • Rated 3 stars

  “It took me a while, but I did get in to this one eventually. I can't help but hear it in his voice, which helped a lot actually. It was odd, but good.”

  wntrrvn wrote this review Monday, September 10 2007. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No