Customer Reviews
Dated but still good. - By: Stucumber, 13 Oct 2008 
I like Charlie Brooker. Charlie Brooker is a very funny man & his columnin the Guardian is very funny too. Unfortunately if you can't remember most of the T.V. programmes he turns his ire on, then you're likely to be a bit lost as to why they deserve his anger. Revelin his caustic wit anyway as some deserved bile is poured out over victims, who, for the most part are the most venal, vain, shallow & self-centred peoplein or on television.
A good loo book, its short entries a perfect for a 'visit'. Not so good to read cover to cover, which I did because mine was a library copy & I needed to return it. Best buy or get bought a copy & leave it within handy reach of the porcelain.
Funniest book I have read for a while - By: P. J. Bragg, 07 Mar 2008 
I am always a little suspicious when a book tells me I will "laugh out loud" because often as not I find myself reading it stone faced waiting for nuggets of wit that never seem to come.
This book genuinely does what it says on the cover. Due mostly to a hugely funny use of over the top metaphor & comparatives.
Similar to Clarkson but funnier & ruder. Buy it, you won't regret it.
The funniest book I have ever read - By: Lovborg, 26 Nov 2007 This man's grasp of language, his misanthropy & his FURY make him the funniest non-fiction writer there is. "Screen Burn" is an absolute masterpiece of bile, wit & (in fact) refusal to burp along with the "It's just a bit of fun, innit?" mentality that poisons so much modern TV.
His reviews also prove just what an assured judge of quality he is, as he comes outin favour of programmes which have since been hailed as classics.
He is compulsively readable & magnificently, blisteringly funny.
Good read at work!!. - By: mr Average, 30 Nov 2006 
Screen Burn is a collection of scathingly funny observations about TV programs taken from a popular uk newspaper from 2001-2004;and compiled into one big book.Charlie Brooker wrote the articals,and of course is the author of the book(screen burn).The articles are allin nice bite size 1-3 page chunks;so like me you can pick it up & put it down when it suits you & not loose the plot,or have the agony of putting it down when it was just getting good.Some storys had me laughing out loud,and some that i could not relate to didn't;either way you know at some point you will come across one sooner or later that will satisfy you entertainment needs.
Charley Brooker also makes you say to your-self,"yes!! it's about time someone said that about that program & this person".He certainly gives some of his 'victims' a good hiding, & pays compliments where it's due.
The reason i gave this only three stars is because he can rant a bit to much,and could write a bit more about some of the TV programs that i myself thought were a load of old tosh....yes i know, hows he supposed to know that, but.. well some people are never happy are they....I recommend this book if you want a bit of fun when you are board & want some TV junk therapy....
I think I wet myself! - By: N. Cannon, 27 Sep 2006 Having to commute to work on the same bus as school kids Is a nightmare, you really wish for a baseball bat sometimes! Thankfully there's Screen Burn to dispense with the vitriol at the world on my behalf! Thank you Charlie!! Every day I would be almost wetting myself laughing to myself on the bus while reading this, venting of the spleen. Give this man a primetime show on the Beeb NOW!!!
