“Implausible British thriller. Bored mother lures young lad into big old house on the river Thames.
Gradually (and it is gradually) we reach all the answers that we know are coming.
I’m a pretty harsh critic with thrillers, they have to have the thrill factor to achieve the thriller genre. This didn’t
Score 3/10
Date read February 2012
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“How Christie has written this I’d love to meet her and ask the question.
It has a real fresh feel to it, as if it is her story (which I’m fairly sure it isn’t).
A family living the good life in Lagos, Nigeria have to move back to a Niger Delta village, back without electric and running water. The story unfolds and keeps your attention throughout.
Be prepared for an emotional ride. Reading groups will talk and discuss for hours with this one.
Well done Christie Watson
Score 8/10
Date read February 2012
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“Singer & song writer Steve Earle has created an interesting first novel.
Texas 1963, Doc is a heroin addict earning his money by fixing up hookers and pimps with abortions and gun/knife wounds.
Enter an enigmatic Mexican girl and everythin begins to change. Doc is haunted by Hank Williams ghost (American country singer).
I did like this book, I listened to the audiobook edition and had the experience of Steve Earle narrating his own novel, which he does very well.
Would I read another by him? maybe not.
Score 5/10
Date read November 2011
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“Laugh out loud coming of age novel. Lex is an Irish teenager who is finishing school and hopes to go to Uni in London.
Lex is a bright boy and it’s his first person narration I like. Him, his pals, the beautiful Michelle, and Lex’s family.
Really good fun and I’ll read his next.
Score 7/10
Date read September 2011
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