Films and books

Exercise 23.1

Use collocations from A opposite instead of the underlined words in this conversation. The conversation has no errors, but the changes will improve it.

1. Matthew: Have you downloaded that new e-book that has just appeared about Ireland?
2. Camilla: No, I don’t use my e-book reader app much and I don’t visit websites with articles discussing new books . What’s it about?
3. Matthew: Well, it concerns the Irish War of Independence. It’s very authentic and it manages to give the atmosphere of Ireland at the beginning of the 20th century.
4. Camilla: Is it just historical facts, then?
5. Matthew: No, the main people are two brothers who have different opinions about the war and this divides their family. In the first chapters they’re happy and do everything together, but by the last chapter they have become enemies.
6. Camilla: Mm, it sounds a bit depressing to me.
7. Matthew: Well, it certainly doesn’t finish in a happy way , but I liked it, and it’s recommended very much by all the critics.
8. Camilla: So, a book with a pleasant start and a sad finish . Not for me, I’m afraid. I prefer the opposite.