Jameson reviewed A spot of bother by Mark Haddon
Review of 'A spot of bother' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
Haddon’s characters dare you to like them, and for the most part I never managed it. The pacing is uneven, and the decision to cycle through limited third-person narrators at random doesn’t help. Haddon invites us to laugh at his characters as their nervous actions dig them deeper into misery, but it’s such a mean-spirited laugh it’s hard to join in.