Eduardo Santiago
Was not expecting screwball. This often felt like a Preston Sturges movie: zany, sweet, whiplash-quick dialogue and action. That works better when the artist controls the pacing than when the reader does: in print, I kept pausing at plot holes and way too many no-it-doesn't-work-that-way moments. Maybe it'd have been more enjoyable as an audiobook, or maybe Osman is hoping to have this movieized?
Ultimately, it just didn't add up. Too contrived, too many loose ends. Some laugh-out-loud moments, and fairly fun throughout, but not enough to compensate. If you're already a fan of Osman, and need to read this, maybe try the audiobook and let it flow.
Was not expecting screwball. This often felt like a Preston Sturges movie: zany, sweet, whiplash-quick dialogue and action. That works better when the artist controls the pacing than when the reader does: in print, I kept pausing at plot holes and way too many no-it-doesn't-work-that-way moments. Maybe it'd have been more enjoyable as an audiobook, or maybe Osman is hoping to have this movieized?
Ultimately, it just didn't add up. Too contrived, too many loose ends. Some laugh-out-loud moments, and fairly fun throughout, but not enough to compensate. If you're already a fan of Osman, and need to read this, maybe try the audiobook and let it flow.