Hilarious! - Rated 
Not being a lover of our ever increasing fascination with celebrity and the pile of trashy mags being foisted at us these days eg Heat etc, I picked this up with some trepidation. As a reader of biographies I thought I'd give it a go. What can I say? I couldn't stop laughing. Have always thought of Mr Morgan as a smug git but actually found his writing both humorous and hilarious. His memoirs displayed so many of his contacts as publicity hungry (and greedy) desperados who were literally quite happy do anything for a bit air time. No doubt he had to curb a lot of what he could have written but he certainly didn't fawn over anyone in an embarassing fashion and if they got his goat he said it. Some of the book is about his relationship with politicians (Tony Blair, Alastair Campbell )which at times I found to be tedious but the rest very amusing. His descriptions of people are cringingly funny. He talks about his meetings with everyone from the Late Princess of Wales to Madonna, the part on the expolits at Marco Pierre White's 40th birthday party being probably my favourite.
I have since read Do You Know Who I Am? and enjoyed that as well.
A Good Read - Rated
About 1/2 way through the book and it is proving entertaining. A good insight into the decade.
Utter trash - Rated 
A complete mess of a book chock-a-block with factual inaccuracies. Piers Morgan's main subject is, as always, Piers Morgan. A rent-a-gob, talent-free blowhard masquerading as a journalist. Avoid.
in spite of myself ..... - Rated
... I laughed. I so wanted not to like this book because I was determined not to like PM. I held out for years after everyone else had read it. Now I forced myself to buy it and see just how terrible it is - and I loved it. I enjoyed the showbiz gossip, really enjoyed the details of how modern newspapers work, and almost, almost changed my mind about PM ...
Thank you Piers Morgan - Rated 
I have decided that it really is necessary that I write a review of this book. I came to the book curious and clueless as to the exact nature of it's content, but given that Piers Morgan has the Marmite effect on most of the people i know (you either love him or you hate him) I thought I should give it a go. I am so glad that I did. Piers' writing style which managed to capture the rush of a newsroom combined with salicious gossip and witty commentary on the news stories of the nineties made 'The Insider' a complete sleep-snatcher, literally, I couldn't put it down. On top of which I was completely entertained, sometimes I even laughed out loud or braced myself as I was taken on a ride through the scandalous exposés of Britain's best-loved/hated celebrities, MPs and royals.
What made the book even more readable was that you don't have to be clued up on who is who before you start reading it, Piers gives you a brief explanation of who everyone is, if not in the actual content of the book, then in the cast of characters included at the back, which is full of people from all walks of life, be it his family, his friends, his colleagues or people he met whilst schmoozing amongst London society. All of whom add to the tone and humour of the book.
It reinforced my belief that Piers Morgan is a good egg who has upset many people because of the nature of his job, after all - gossip sells papers. It amazes me at the number of people who were silly enough to confide in a newspaper editior in the first place. Here's a tip famous people; If you don't want your dirty laundry aired in a national newspaper, DON'T TRY AND WASH IT IN FRONT OF A JOURNALIST!
To summarise; the book is a really entertaining read, it's gossipy and indulgent and I can't wait to finish reading the next one!!
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