Post by janetandjohn on Apr 23, 2017 16:55:47 GMT
When the blurb on the back of the book says "essential reading for fans of .....*" I am inclined to ignore that. Glad I did as this book stands on its own, and whilst quite light, has a couple of dark happenings which are only revealed later in the book. You could just describe this as The End of the Life of Horace Winter and leave it at that for you are certainly made aware in the first two pages that Horace is dead; but honestly, the life he led before he retired was 45 years of nothing, and the short time he had after retirement was full of interesting stuff.
He didn't want to retire, but a short while after he had done so, an angel of a neighbour, Amanda, sees to it that he does all the things he should do. It's a story that may make you smile, you might even shed a very small tear. You will certainly find out, eventually, all the things that made Horace lead a quiet, boring and rather unhappy life up until he met Amanda. Horace has certainly done a few things wrong, and needs to remember them. He has done a few things right, too, and needs to do a few more before his time is up. It's not a smaltzy, sugary read. It is light at the start, but rather more serious after the half way mark.
I didn't know the author until I received a copy of this book for review, but I would certainly look out for him again.
* Actually the publishers compare this to The unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, and I guess it could be one of those if you liked that you'll like this kinds of reads. I could see where they are coming from, but I ignored all that and just read the book as you should, not thinking about other novels until the end.
[copy of my Amazon Vine review]
He didn't want to retire, but a short while after he had done so, an angel of a neighbour, Amanda, sees to it that he does all the things he should do. It's a story that may make you smile, you might even shed a very small tear. You will certainly find out, eventually, all the things that made Horace lead a quiet, boring and rather unhappy life up until he met Amanda. Horace has certainly done a few things wrong, and needs to remember them. He has done a few things right, too, and needs to do a few more before his time is up. It's not a smaltzy, sugary read. It is light at the start, but rather more serious after the half way mark.
I didn't know the author until I received a copy of this book for review, but I would certainly look out for him again.
* Actually the publishers compare this to The unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, and I guess it could be one of those if you liked that you'll like this kinds of reads. I could see where they are coming from, but I ignored all that and just read the book as you should, not thinking about other novels until the end.
[copy of my Amazon Vine review]