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Trainspotting is one of those books isn't it. One of those ones you buy and want to read, but it sits on your shelves for years because you're either intimidated, or unsure whether you'll live it. But you feel you should. It's iconic. The movie is huge (I haven't seen that either). Thanks to bookstagram, and a group read #choosegroupreads, I finally picked this bugger up and loved it.

So a lot of other reviews comment on the difficulty reading Scottish dialect. I fell into it so easy it was like I have Scottish blood. Well I suppose I have the hair to match already. Anyway, if it looks intimidating, just give it a go. Soon enough your thoughts will come out Scottish too. There is a lot of swearing too, which might offend some people, but for someone who grew up I the north-east of England, this doesn't bother me one iota. What I found harder to grasp was the change in points of view without any warning, but it didn't take long to adapt to each person. This is a very cleverly put together book.

Trainspotting is less a novel than a series of interconnected short stories describing the lives of a loose and wide group of friends, living in Leith Edinbrough, most of whom are drug users or alcoholics. This is the main feature that runs through the book. They are the poor, forgotten people who slip through the cracks of society. They are the ones who don't vote because they cant see how voting will change anything for them. They 'use' to make life simple and avoid responsibility and stress. There are people like them in every city.