Hardcover, 400 pages
English language
Published Sept. 17, 2024 by Penguin Publishing Group.
It's not serious literature, but it's a fun ride. I think I liked the Thursday Murder Club books better, but Osman certainly has a way of making you get engrossed in the characters. All of his heroes are as charming as he is, which makes it believable when almost everybody seems to want to help them out in some way.
I loved the Thursday Murder Club books but this one seemed contrived. Had a plot device that just didn't work and characters I really didn't like, unlike TMC. Didn't finish it.
“Ah, one must admire Mr. Richard Osman’s enthusiasm for his craft, particularly his apparent fondness for recycling themes and situations within his novels—a dedication to reusability rivaled only, perhaps, by the honorable Mr. Sunak’s own affection for bins.
Indeed, it may be said that if you’ve had the pleasure of perusing one of Mr. Osman’s works, you’ve rather read them all. Yet, one can’t help but tip one’s hat to his resourcefulness; a small mark of distinction, surely, for finding a clever means to delegate portions of his writing, with the assistance of our friend, ChatGPT.”
