The Fry Chronicles

I finally finished The Fry Chronicles! It's Stephen Fry's autobiography of his twenties (late 70s and the 80s in Britain), and I don't know how long I've been reading it (two or three weeks maybe?). Why did it take so long, you may wonder? Well, I cannot say that Fry is a bad author, he certainly has a way with words, but I'm 18, and I think the is equivalent of being too young to really understand what the hell he is on about. I have virtually no knowledge of the humor scene in Britain during this time (well, I have a much better understanding now than before I started reading the book), and I think that is a very contributing factor to why I struggled to finish the book.

Fry writes "... but the business of autobiography is at least to strive for some element of self-revelation and candour" (pg. 224), and let me tell you, this book is filled with self-revelation., and in some cases revealing things about other people (such as Hugh Laurie, which, I must admit, interested me). So, in the case of it being "gossipy" as proclaimed by The Times, there is much truth.

If you have any interest in the subject of British college life and Fry's career in his twenties (and all that comes with it) or you're just interested in broadening your vocabulary, I do recommend that you read The Fry Chronicles. I don't know how to rate it though, because I haven't made up my mind of whether or not I like it.

Now, on to the next book!

xoxo
Frida