What, you might wonder, is this book about? This is Ayoade's "definitive book about perhaps the best cabin crew dramedy ever filmed: View From the Top starring Gwyneth Paltrow."
I thought that it couldn't possibly only be about this film. I've seen Ayoade on the BBC and I always like his self-deprecating humour. This book though is exactly what it promises. It's an almost minute-to-minute description of the movie, including possible alternative decisions the director could have but foolishly didn't make.
It's a fun read. The audiobook is great. It's only 4 hours long. I can't give it more than 3 stars though since the subject matter isn't necessarily one that I deemed a necessary subject for literature.
By the way, I haven't seen the movie for almost 20 years, so no need to watch it before reading the book.
3 stars
Statistics:
Date read: January 20, 2020
Date published: September 5, 2019
Publisher: Faber Faber
Format: Audiobook
Pages: 256
Genre: Non Fiction
My Number of Books Read by this Author: 1
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