What is your opinion?
I should have bought better friends
"Book was humorous as promised ; author's description of each character gave me a mental image of each."
This Book Should Really Be Published
"I cannot tell you how much I enjoyed this book. Not only have I been laughing out loud at work, but I've been giggling and chortling as well. I loved everything there is to love about this book. I would have given it all 5 stars, but I found a few grammatical errors. I have to say, the sarcasm was my favorite thing about this whole book. I have told my friends and family about this book, granted my retelling it isn't as good as the real thing. I really, truly loved this book. Can't wait to read more like it."
You would find it hard to stop reading!
"I loved how the book starts and how the characters are introduced in the story. The plot seems very interesting and you would want to know what will happen as you continue reading. I also like how you talk to the readers as they are sitting next to you and you are telling them the story face to face. I really enjoyed reading the first chapter and looking forward to reading the rest!"
Review - I should have bought better friends
"OK. The style of this book – the American feel apart – reminds me very much of the Peter Pook series of humorous novels that were a minor cult thing in the UK back in the 60s where outlandish things happen to the protagonist on a regular basis, generally caused by the actions of his reckless best friend: I have read every one of these and have actually been placed twice in the Peter Pook Humorous Novel contest initiated in his honour (both books are on site at the moment To Hell with the Harp! www.inkitt.com/stories/149100 Slippered! www.inkitt.com/stories/148145). Not that the book is dated. Far from it – it’s bang up to date. However there are a lot of references in there that only an American would recognise, which therefore dilutes its appeal to a wider audience somewhat, although you can put those to one side because of the general appeal. There is a lot of madcap humour in here on the positive side. But on the negative side there is too much of it, jokes come thick and fast and tumble over themselves to be heard – a bit like the interaction between the four protagonists. In my opinion there is a lot too much of that to sustain the humour to the level that it is evident could be achieved. My mind is constantly in a whirl trying to keep up. There needs to be a lot less banter (a lot of which is superfluous, really) and a lot more business to even the banter out. At times it makes these 30 something guys seem like stroppy, mindless, teenagers. I enjoyed the concept of the book and the general feel and the humour (when rationed) is first class. I also like the meta-fictional approach that the narrator adopts – sometimes. Again this is very much overplayed as is the word play: points made are laboured over again and again and this just doesn’t work for me. I also liked the chapter headings. What I did not really get to grips with was the episodic feel and overall there seemed to be a lack of a definite plot. The payoff, when the trail of destruction left behind by this irresponsible quartet gets revealed, seems to be laboured and not really believable, although it does fit in with insanity that prevails throughout the book. Where it lost its appeal for me was with the death of one of the protagonists: that did not change the madcap whirl of banter one iota and, although I had been willing to suspend disbelief up until then, I’m afraid I stopped believing at all after that – I was actually waiting for the guy to come back to life or to be declared not dead at all: now, that would have been funny. This is an interesting read and is my type of humour and I was really enjoying it for a few chapters, but I’m afraid it all got too much for me. it would really benefit from a ruthless edit and a good slap around the face to knock some sense into these guys. The humour needs to be pruned, and it all needs to be paced out some with less cut and thrust and more action. But this author can write. There’s no doubt about that, as some of the saner passages show."
I Should Have Bought Better Friends
"Hi, the story started very well and from the beginning I had the great desire to continue reading. The writing is good. I recommend to work more on the synopsis. The rest is very good."
A day late and a missing nipple
"That was quite amusing, it was fun. I enjoyed it."
