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richardpierce's review
2.0
Not sure about this. I know I'm reading it 15 years late, but it seems like it would have felt dated in 2003. Sorry.
luana420's review
4.0
Since I so enjoyed his rural folk horror/walking books, I've occasionally started dipping into former music journalist Tom Cox's earlier works. This one's a gentle road(ish) comedy teaming up an "old man" and teen music enthusiast.
The mismatched pair pitch is kind of undone right away, seeing as Tom is only 27 and Peter is 14. Surely, a big enough age gap to have different tastes, but not exactly dad/son stuff.
Additionally, this book is from 2002, turning Young Snotnose Peter into essentially the voice of millennial adult readers in 2020. Yes, I enjoy Limp Bizkit and Eminem like baby boi Peter... but I also enjoy Pentangle and Fairport Convention like somewhat bigger boi Tom.
It truly is an odd experience that such a low-stakes book's already low stakes get sanded down even further by the passage of time and shifting culture, but it does make for excellent gentle wind-down bedtime reading.
The mismatched pair pitch is kind of undone right away, seeing as Tom is only 27 and Peter is 14. Surely, a big enough age gap to have different tastes, but not exactly dad/son stuff.
Additionally, this book is from 2002, turning Young Snotnose Peter into essentially the voice of millennial adult readers in 2020. Yes, I enjoy Limp Bizkit and Eminem like baby boi Peter... but I also enjoy Pentangle and Fairport Convention like somewhat bigger boi Tom.
It truly is an odd experience that such a low-stakes book's already low stakes get sanded down even further by the passage of time and shifting culture, but it does make for excellent gentle wind-down bedtime reading.
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