“Thoroughly enjoyable and entertaining, touching and funny novel.
Instantly forgettable!
Our book group liked this too and we had a good debate, the group gave it an average of 6.2/10
Score 7/10
Date read September 2011
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“Fostered and lost, Brenton Brown meets his long lost mother, he has an incestual relationship with his half sister.
I enjoyed his raw style and the black London dialogue.
Met the author who is very interesting, this is almost a biog in parts and based on some truths (not him with incest though!). Alex got involved with some bad drug lords, jailed for something that happened during the Brixton Riots of 1980’s, discovered the joy of reading in prison, now has an OBE for services to literature.
I should read the follow up novel Brenton Brown sometime.
Score 7/10
Date read September 2011
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“When an English lawyer helps a beautiful Russian girl on a train station, he embarks on a relationship which becomes more than he bargained for.
This is a gentle literary thriller, more a tale of morality than blood and guts, although Snowdrops is a nickname for dead bodies which appear from the melting snow in the spring.
This was a good read, I also had the pleasure of interviewing Andy. He sent me a copy of his first book, a non fiction account of rags to riches in Jewish London.
Score 7/10
Date read May 2011
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“Can’t make my mind up if I like this book or not. Oliver Tate is 15 years old, he is a tag along bully, has his first proper girl friend, his parents appear to going through maternal crisis, sound like my growing up!
It could be a more adult Adrian Mole, felt a bit like Curious Incident of the Dog. I found some parts entertaining and funny, others a touch padded out.
A quick read (just as well). I’m meeting the author soon so I’ll have to see how he describes his novel.
Score 4/10
Date read April 2011
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