warriorbarrd reviewed Swerve by Phillip Gwynne
Review of 'Swerve' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
I'm not a slow reader but usually it takes me a while to find time to read, then a while to get into it, and I always seem to find something else I need to do (the main pitfall of moving out of my parents' house).
Swerve, however - a story about a recent high school graduate who takes a spontaneous road trip with his once-estranged grandfather to Uluru - hooked me and within a few hours I'd finished it.
It feels almost designed to be a quick read, with a lot of things skipped over in favour of a brief description. But this book is thoroughly entertaining road trip fluff. The main character, Hugh - or Brockie - is genuinely likeable and, even when he's being stupid and naive, doesn't irritate the reader.
A thought-provoking, surprising read, I would definitely recommend this one.