Hotel Avocado

by Bob Mortimer

English language

Published 2024 by Simon & Schuster, Limited.

ISBN:: 978-1-3985-2962-5

WARNING - this book includes: heavy crimes, car journeys, dreadfulness, large fruits, romance, planning applications, and a lot of pie.

Gary Thorn is struggling with a big decision. Should he stay in London, wallowing in the safety of his legal job in Peckham and eating pies with his next door neighbour, Grace and her dog Lassoo, or should he move to Brighton, where his girlfriend Emily is about to open The Hotel Avocado? Either way, he’d be letting someone down.

But sinister forces are gathering in a cloud of launderette scented-vape smoke, and the arrival of the mysterious Mr Sequence puts Gary in an even worse predicament: soon he might be dead.

All Gary wants is a happy life. But he also wants to be alive to enjoy it…

4 editions

Jason 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇨🇦 reviewed Hotel Avocado by Bob Mortimer

Hotel Avocado

3 stars

Definitely not as good as the first book in the series – the plot was much slower moving and it didn't feel to me like the characters were in any real jeopardy until the last 30 pages or so. It was still entertaining enough to keep me reading though, thanks largely to the author's humour.

matthewmincher reviewed Hotel Avocado by Bob Mortimer

Not for me

2 stars

A bit sad about this one - I didn't really find it that funny or engaging after the first one, and the plot was relatively boring.

Still worth a read if you're a fan of Bob's humour but I'd struggle to recommend it aside from that.

A bit sad about this one - I didn't really find it that funny or engaging after the first one, and the plot was relatively boring.

Still worth a read if you're a fan of Bob's humour but I'd struggle to recommend it aside from that.

suffolkbadger

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May 24