Don't Let the B*****ds Get You Down

by Janet Street-Porter

This book is your guide to keeping your spirits up, cutting through the crap and deciding what rules you're going to live your life by. Life is a journey and we're experiencing a bumpy patch - but if you think creatively and stick to your guns, there's no reason why you shouldn't emerge from it unscathed and a great deal happier.

Genres: Self Help, Nonfiction

160 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2009

Reviews

[Lois andrews · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very interesting and funny. Why can't life be simple anymore? It makes you realise life is too stressful and it doesn't need to be.

[Ziggy Knits · Rating 1 out of 5]

On and on she goes, with random photos and small, medium and large type. Got to the page on soup then gave up - I know how to make bloody soup as does any person with any sense.

[Jude Grindvoll · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was kinda fun (I picked it up mainly because I've been watching Janet on Masterchef and I just really like gobby, opinionated people) although I do wish it was a little bit more in depth. I could genuinely listen to Janet rant all day long, she's hilarious,but she could have covered way more in this book. The general gist of it is stop believing so much bo****ks. Like those stupid adverts for women's face creams... It's crap! All that junk about free radicals and antioxidants? It's crap! And yes, I do fall for it sometimes (I might have just spent £20.99 on raspberry ketones [hangs head in shame]) but I'm glad gobshite Janet was there to remind me to stop being such a dumbass! A fun little book that will take a couple of hours to read and will make you laugh a little bit while making you feel much less guilty for not being an air-headed bimbo!

[Artemis Eclectica · Rating 2 out of 5]

JSP's hypocritical rant against print columnists and the middle-classes, which she has ruthlessly clawed her way into for the last 45 years. A repetition of her previous book Life's Too F***ing Short. She makes a few valid points and offers the odd useful tip, but mostly it chronicles her own life frustrations, i.e. rats in the compost.

I got this book for a song at a charity shop, £12.99 for this book is extortion, as it's of little value, the only merit being the collection of charming pictures. Perhaps she's hoping sales of this book will contribute to the purchase of a fourth house.

[Penny · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book gains stars for the beautiful page layout, and loses stars for being very loud and without substance. As a 'self help' book it is like sitting with a wonderfully cynical freind for a cup of tea and a chance to put the world to rights. There were a few things in the book that I found helpful, the rest is just seems to focus on what words look good within the detailed page design.

[Josephine · Rating 3 out of 5]

Although this book was fun to read it did not tell me anything new, in fact I found The author a bit patronising.

[Anne · Rating 4 out of 5]

Loved this. One of my favourite people, I nodded and agreed with almost everything she said.

[Peter Hall · Rating 2 out of 5]

Repetitive, contradictory, opinion without fact, and downright unhelpful in places. And it's don't let them grind you down.

[Andrée · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nothing new here but well presented

[Lisa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not as funny & frank as I was expecting. OK but nothing special.

[Tracey Wilde · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hear hear !!