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4.24 AVERAGE
4.24 AVERAGE
emotional
funny
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Over the course of 4 books Caimh McDonnell has crafted a version of Dublin and its denizens that is incredibly real and populated with characters (in every sense of the word) that you are always sorry to leave behind when the last page turns.
From the larger than life Bunny McGarry to the twists and turns of Paul and Brigit's relationship by way of the brilliant and bonkers Phil Nellis these are fully realised people, funny because the situations they find themselves in are absurd but totally believable! In this, their fourth appearance they feel like old friends dlthat you've waited to catch up with!
Most of all though McDonnell has time and again demonstrated he has a real knack for crafting the twists and turns of a fast paced crime thriller. For all the humour you'd expect from a writer with Caimh's resume in comedy the jokes accentuate the story and come about organically rather than being the main driving force of the book and thats what makes Last Orders such a page turner!
From the larger than life Bunny McGarry to the twists and turns of Paul and Brigit's relationship by way of the brilliant and bonkers Phil Nellis these are fully realised people, funny because the situations they find themselves in are absurd but totally believable! In this, their fourth appearance they feel like old friends dlthat you've waited to catch up with!
Most of all though McDonnell has time and again demonstrated he has a real knack for crafting the twists and turns of a fast paced crime thriller. For all the humour you'd expect from a writer with Caimh's resume in comedy the jokes accentuate the story and come about organically rather than being the main driving force of the book and thats what makes Last Orders such a page turner!
adventurous
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This book had everything I've come to love in the Dublin trilogy (which consists of four books). Paul, Phil, Brigit, Maggie the dog and all others were in top form. Bunny's arc throughout the series was amazing to read and my heart broke for him a few times in this book.
I have no negatives for this book and continue to love McDonnell's sense of humour. I will be reading The Final Game and I am sure I'll miss Bunny (not a spoiler: see book's cover).
I have no negatives for this book and continue to love McDonnell's sense of humour. I will be reading The Final Game and I am sure I'll miss Bunny (not a spoiler: see book's cover).