Ибица - это глагол

by Colin Butts, Колин Баттс

Во второй книге английского писателя Колина Баттса, рассказывающей о молодежном отдыхе на Ибице, нас встречают уже знакомые герои, а также те, кто решил провести свой отпуск на этом острове впервые. Невероятные ситуации и необычные отношения не теряют своей остроты, однако в судьбах героев происходят заметные перемены. Угроза перемен нависла и над туристической компанией "Молодые и холостые".

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

494 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 2004

About the author

Colin Butts was an English novelist, screenwriter and Ibiza nightclub impresario. His life in Ibiza was the inspiration for his literary work.

Reviews

[Lynne Foster-Jones · Rating 3 out of 5]

Better than the 1st one, more of a story to it admist the madness of Ibiza

[Mr M · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not the best sequel, but still enjoyable - would have liked to see some more originality that stayed true to the characters

[Lisa · Rating 2 out of 5]

Currently laid up with a cast on my leg, IS HARRY STILL ON THE BOAT? was sent to me by a friend who found it at a local pound store (the British equivalent of a dollar store) to cheer me up. Hard to pass up a book where the author's last name is Butts and the price is only a buck!


IS HARRY STILL ON THE BOAT? is about a travel holiday agency on the brink of bankruptcy, the brash rebel account manager who saves the day and who also, perhaps, finds true love in the end. The title, which is Cockney rhyming slang for ejaculating on someone's face, is actually a sequel to Is Harry On The Boat?, which later became a film for ITV and then a serialized drama. Both books have purportedly been reviewed as being incredibly accurate about the holiday travel business and clubbing/electronic music scene in Ibiza.

On one hand, the technicality of the writing wasn't bad - in fact, the technicality of the structure was quite good! I read to find out about what I do not know and I know that from reading interviews with Butts, he knows, and is passionate, this particular territory well - clubbing, holiday reps, and the Ibiza scenes are all facets from Butts' own life. But this is where the book fails - Butts' could not give me anyone to root for or against. The characters, young, wild, and gorgeous should be leaping off the pages but instead they need a hoist to get them onto the next paragraph. They are pensioners disguised as young playthings and it bored me.

It's funny to think a book on drugs, clubbing, sexing, and wild times would be boring - but it was. I gave up after 75 pages, skipped to the end and found that what I knew was going to happen in the beginning, happened in the end. Talk about cliches.

[Tatiana · Rating 2 out of 5]

Секс, драгс и далее везде.. Вот уж точно: ИбИцца-это глагол. Но вся эта порно-наркотическая феерия так быстро запаривает, что не спасает никакой псевдо-детективный сюжет, замешанный на непростых человеческих отношениях. В общем, заядлым фанатам Ибицы - радость узнавания обеспечена; все остальные, думаю, не много потеряют, читая эту книгу даже по расширенной диагонали.
...И всё же... Всё же что-то светлое в этой безумной фантасмагории есть. Что-то, что именуется не иначе, как с заглавной буквы Л. И ради чего и одной звезды не жалко)

[Naomi · Rating 3 out of 5]

I cant really remember much about this book so i think i'll give it another go. something about Ibiza, a shagging contest, a bitchy nymphomaniac boss and some other amusing holiday anecdotes strung together to provide a light entertaining read

[Susan Susan · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was a good read, a follow up to "Is Harry On The Boat?"

[Ainsley · Rating 3 out of 5]

Amusing and faintly horrifying. Confirmed my lack of desire ever to travel to Ibiza or other clubbing holiday destinations.

[Johnny Bolton · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved this