This book is simply incredible; i have never laughed at a book quite like i have when reading this. The amount of witty and quite frankly hilarious comments included in the pages of this work of art astounds me to this day. The book delves into the world of a fictional office. An office where backstabbing and bitching is inevitable. It tells of the ups and downs of the dysfunctional workplace and the countless stories that come with it. If you're looking for a good guffaw then i highly recommend this modern day testiment to the hilarity that can ensue when at the job. I think you can see that this review is clearly substantiated by the other good/very good reviews that this novel has been recieving. You'd be nefarious not to buy it. (Off waterstones of course)

I thought this was a funny and unique look at the loves and lives of the crazy workers at a fictitious Ad Agency, it didn't make me laugh out loud, but I did chuckle a couple of times. I haven't read the first book 'E' so I didn't know any of the characters and it took me quite a while to really get involved in their story as there were so many characters; but once I did I don't think it mattered that I hadn't read the first book. I really liked the way the workers daily lives are told through technology at Meerkat360 "the agency that's so cutting-edge you slice your finger on the lift button." The whole book just consisted of them emailing, texting, and blogging to each other during the month of January which seemed to be full of crazy advertising ideas; listings on Ebay of various office products from mugs to photocopiers which have myseriously gone missing; a member of staff who is permanently away on one weird course or another. We learn about their personal problems, the break-ups, the tears, the tantrums and suicide attempts. Amazingley, they even manage to do some work in between, possibly thanks to Mr Fraggles the new Clown in Residence who is employed to give the creative Department "a vital and distinctive edge." Even though I didn't feel connected with any of the characters, it was very clever how Beaumont made me feel happy, sad or sorry for them. A good, entertaining read

Matt Beaumont's 'E', published about 10 years ago, was an hilarious tale told entirely in emails between the characters. Ten years later, he's added twitter feeds, MSN messenger and texts, but the effect is much the same. He draws up a series of comic characters, dysfunctional relationships and unlikely situations that speed along without ever becoming boring. It's a little obvious and dated, but is great fun. A top holiday read.