Customer Reviews
i am reading this for gcse its really good - By: hula hoops......, 15 Mar 2007 
i am reading thisin my class for gcse english it has got such a twistin it its fab i love the character eric i am a little bit squiffy! the inspector is such a good character how he is so aburpt & stern & makes nearly all of them regret there actions the play preformed on stage is also amazing i would reconmend this to anyone who loves a good moral mystery murder well suicide & to have all there ideas how they thought the play would end out of the window
read it!
About An Inspector Calls - By: Charlotte Wigston, 11 Jun 2006 Some consider this play to be a murder mystery or whodunit butin the ending of the play the form of moral tale is added as the inspector makes the audiece think about their moral responsiblity & how they collectively killed an innocent woman Eva Smith. An inspector calls is a very well-written play & of course contains the three unites of time place & action. These are all constant throughout the play & so allows the audience to focus of the dialogue. Priestley's socialist view point are put across clearly & many feel after reading or seeing this play they are better people & live a more socialist life. Priestley's use of languge, hints puns & suggests a different meaning to the names Goole & Eva Smith. A good play & a must read.
A brilliant read - By: , 15 Nov 2005 
This book is a suprisingly good read for a play. The charactersin this book are written under finese, you will find yourself relating to each of them; An inspector does indeed call around, investigating the death of a woman; as the story unfolds you are exposed to a world of deceit, betrayal, & social intolerence. It is an extremely well crafted book, plot twists are aplenty - its core ideas are representation of the time at which the book was set, the ideas of socialism & capitlism, money & love. In the end it is the combined act of each & every family member that seems to lead to the woman's demise. Each one of the family ended up affecting the womanin unimaginable ways - & only after recalecting, do the family peice together how they were involved (pushed along by the inspector), the true essence of the inspector is revealed - how he represents the guilt ridden voicein the back of your head, the final part of the story chillingin itself...when the inspector leaves, the phone rings, the police tell Mr Birling that they are sending an inspector, to ask some questions as they have just found a woman dead...
Relevent Then, Relevent Now - By: Phoenix, 04 Jun 2004 I think that An Inspector calls is an esential book to read.
When J.B Priestly wrote the playin the 1940's, it made a big point a bout class, & although those barriers are alot more faded & fallen than they were, they haven't completely dissapated, making this play still relevent today.
It is one of the set texts for at least one GCSE examining boards, so many will be studying it for their GCSE's. To those the reason to buy your own copy is obvious, school don't yell if you lose it, annotating is perfectly allowed, & the book is usuallyin a better state.
The play itself, is very brilliant, very dramatic, exciting & intiguing (yeah, I know I can't spell). I won't give everything away (that would be very mean...)but as every character reveals their story, it links into the others, & makes you want to hear the rest. When you have heard all the stories, you can't blame the girl for killing herself.
An inspector calls - By: sam stone, 27 Apr 2004 
A Review of "An Inspector Calls"
By J.B.Priestly
An inspector calls is a play setin 1912. It is written by J.B. Priestly,who considered himself a spokesman for the average person.
The book is about an inspector who goes to the Birling family'shouse about the sudden death of a girl who has just committed suicide. Theinspector goes round each & everyone of the family asking what linksthey had with Eva Smith. The family reveal secrets which could have playedleading parts which led to the suicide of Eva.
It starts off with theinspector knocking on the Birling family's door. The next thing they knowis that is that they are all sitting round the dining room table withquestions being thrown at them by the inspector. The book starts off quiteslowly but once all the pieces have been put together it really getsgoing.
What make this a really good book are all the twists. They allinterlink with each other & you never know when the next twist is comingup! I have never known such a book to finishin such shock even threeparagraphs before the ending, totally unexpected.
This book did nothave any particular exciting characters. They were just normal averagepeople like you & me. I think this is what Priestly was trying toachieve & he did this well, it could of happened to anyone!
If you read this book, you will need deep concentration becausedespite its easy language all the characters interlink with each other,and have unexpected twists. The message this book is, don't take anyonefor granted & try to not regret anything do everything you can to helpsomeone.
Sam Stone
Sutton Valence School
