Richie Unterberger

Advantages: Excellent and descriptive
Disadvantages: It has to end!

...This biography from Shane Richie, was the first biography I have ever read, and I thought that these books can be quite boring unless you really idolise the person who the book is about! I only knew Shane Richie through my parents and I had never seen a show with him before Eastenders, when my mum said that he was going to be in it and how thrilled she was, I was looking forward to seeing what all the fuss was about! I watched the episodes and grew to like Shane very much, the show would be different about him, so I decided to get his book for myself at Christmas! I started to read it on Christmas Day and I had finished it by Boxing Day night! I just couldn't put it down, it explained all his highs and lows in his life and he was very truthful in the relationship with coleen nolan, and the affairs he had during his life. How he got... Read review

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Advantages: A trip down memory lane for those who also remember the Nolans
Disadvantages: ended too soon

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Advantages: Great read, interesting, informative, honest
Disadvantages: Takes a while to get your interest

...HATE TO ACCEPTANCE A few years ago, I would have said I hated Shane Richie. There was no concrete reason behind it, I’d never met the man, it was just a feeling. I knew he’d cheated on Coleen Nolan when they were married and I thought of him as arrogant, annoying, one of those grinning faces you want to slap. When I heard he was going to be in EastEnders, I was close to stopping watching it – a programme I’d followed since the first episode in 1985! I was convinced he would ruin it and I couldn’t face the thought of seeing him four times a week. But I decided to give him a chance and I’m glad I did. The first time he appeared as Alfie Moon, he was mildly irritating, but watchable. A few weeks later, we were saying things like “He’s really rather good, isn’t he?" Now he’s... Read review

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