I love book stores and am very glad I stopped in to visit this one. I really felt I got to know the characters and their stories by the satisfying end of the book.
The book is well written and appears to be professionally edited. I "purchased" it as a free and un-reviewed book based on the product description. Having read it I can honestly say that this book is worth purchasing for $ and I will recommend it.I think I got this book free for Kindle. I kind of wish I had paid for it. The experience has been so good that I feel guilty getting it for free. Besides, somewhere the author is, I hope, hard at work on his next book, and someone has to supply him with wings and Italian reds.
It's hard to characterize this book. I'm a fan of a lot of different genres, many of which don't seem to go together well. I love sexy women's mysteries like those by Janet Evanovich and Sue Grafton. I also like gritty police stories, like those by Joseph Wambaugh and Michael Connolly. I love Neil Gaiman and Robert Heinlein and Dean Koontz when he was in his prime. I love Coben's Myron Bolitar Series and Repairman Jack. This book isn't anything like any of those. It's sort of Donald Westlake and sort of Carl Hiaasen, and yet it's entirely new and different and funny and touching and captivating.
This is a book about smart, funny people. The characters have depth and interests. You feel like you could spend years with them and still not know them totally. It's about love and friendship and commercial globalization and quality alcohol and good books and great movies. It's about courage and striving to achieve things you barely thought were possible. It's about hope and humor in the modern dystopia that is retail. And since it's only about $3, why not try it and see if you like it? Read this book on the subway and you risk terminus interruptus by men in white coats.
The last time I read a book this funny was late in the early part of the last century. I had graduated from short trousers and a ticket to the adult library had introduced me to the writings of P.G. Wodehouse.
In "Village Books" one does not browse, one delves. Each character has a non-stereotypical idiosyncrasy ranging from Sebastian's inventive urine samples for his bail to Willard's exotic product lines in receiving.
If I say too much there is a risk of spoilers. Unlike those who downloaded this book free of charge initially, I purchased my copy when a Facebook advertisement led me to the blurb. Do as I did. Buy this book. Read this book. But first, have you taken your cardiac medication? Are you at risk of a kidney leakage? Are you in the subway? Be warned - this book contains an incurable strain of laughtus hystericus and it is highly contagious.Read this book on the subway and you risk terminus interruptus by men in white coats.
The last time I read a book this funny was late in the early part of the last century. I had graduated from short trousers and a ticket to the adult library had introduced me to the writings of P.G. Wodehouse.
In "Village Books" one does not browse, one delves. Each character has a non-stereotypical idiosyncrasy ranging from Sebastian's inventive urine samples for his bail to Willard's exotic product lines in receiving.
If I say too much there is a risk of spoilers. Unlike those who downloaded this book free of charge initially, I purchased my copy when a Facebook advertisement led me to the blurb. Do as I did. Buy this book. Read this book. But first, have you taken your cardiac medication? Are you at risk of a kidney leakage? Are you in the subway? Be warned - this book contains an incurable strain of laughtus hystericus and it is highly contagious. This book is full of smart, witty conversations, but I never connected with any of the characters. They all came off as somewhat smug. The plot seems secondary, as a vehicle to toss out quotes and references from movies, books and pop culture. I found the book extremely slow but slogged through to the ending, which seemed to be an afterthought, tying up loose ends. The story and characters held my interest from start to finish, I was sorry to see the book come to an end. This is strange. I can't believe that the writer is new. I can't believe that the writer doesn't write for a living. I so enjoyed this book. I got it free via Kindle and was relieved to see that it had so many e-pages as I didn't want the story to end. So many little swerves and backing off stereotyping in terms of story development.No one can ever say that Village Books drags. There is always something going on. Not in an overwhelming way, but rather in a perfectly-balanced-to-keep-you-entertained way. I love fun, light, fast-paced, witty contemporary fiction and this fit my tastes perfectly. Even a little noir-esque in its humour. Well done, Mr. McLay! I think I got this book free for Kindle. I kind of wish I had paid for it. The experience has been so good that I feel guilty getting it for free. Besides, somewhere the author is, I hope, hard at work on his next book, and someone has to supply him with wings and Italian reds.
It's hard to characterize this book. I'm a fan of a lot of different genres, many of which don't seem to go together well. I love sexy women's mysteries like those by Janet Evanovich and Sue Grafton. I also like gritty police stories, like those by Joseph Wambaugh and Michael Connolly. I love Neil Gaiman and Robert Heinlein and Dean Koontz when he was in his prime. I love Coben's Myron Bolitar Series and Repairman Jack. This book isn't anything like any of those. It's sort of Donald Westlake and sort of Carl Hiaasen, and yet it's entirely new and different and funny and touching and captivating.
This is a book about smart, funny people. The characters have depth and interests. You feel like you could spend years with them and still not know them totally. It's about love and friendship and commercial globalization and quality alcohol and good books and great movies. It's about courage and striving to achieve things you barely thought were possible. It's about hope and humor in the modern dystopia that is retail. And since it's only about $3, why not try it and see if you like it?
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