Review 3.5 stars out of 5
Update finished reading this!
Review
What an interesting idea for a book. Quite a unique angle to consider an elderly man who has been hearing benevolent voices the whole of his life. What surprised me, until I read the authors Afterword, is that I never questioned whether the voices were real. I automatically assumed they were supernatural as the book draws you in to Alfred’s inner world. Alfred (the protagonist) is a really lovely character btw! Very easy to warm to.
In all this book should have worked, and have been worthy of 4 stars, but I found myself sometimes trudging laboriously through parts of it, perhaps it was the sheer incredibility of the events that happened to Alfred, maybe it was just a tad too long; whatever it was it did not hit the wow factor for me.
That said do not let it put you off as a lot of reviewers loved this book.
Previous: Had this one sitting on the shelf for ages. Glad I set up a reading challenge of 10 books between June and November 2018. This gives me the motivation to actually read some of the books I have purchased. I am enjoying the challenge, I forgot how much I love reading for leisure. Currently on number 8/10…so according to Goodreads on track lol. Happy reading to you all.
It feels good to get to books that have been on the shelves for ages, doesn’t it, Satia? Glad that the reading challenge gave you the motivation you needed!
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