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The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle

Matt Cain

4.06 AVERAGE

ianrhys's review against another edition

I have a list of gripes that is too long to write here. Would have DNF’d if this wasn a book club read.

brand_orr's review against another edition

4.75

emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

angeliclight444's review against another edition

4.0

What a wonderfully unique book this is. Albert Entwistle is a postman, who is feeling lonely, and he suffers from anxiety. He is going to retire soon from the post office, and this brings him sadness, as he does not want to leave his job. His cat dies, which made me cry, and it set Albert back even more, as he was very close to his cat. He is also hurting from missing his departed Mum, as well as the love of his life, a man called George, who he was with many years ago. After finding some notes from George that his Mum kept for him, he sets off to find George and see where life takes him.

I loved this book, and all of the characters that Albert worked with. They all had their own stories to tell, and I loved the way they helped Albert to come out of his shell, and be courageous. This is a great, easy to read book, which is very enjoyable, uplifting and heartwarming, and I highly recommend it.

The audiobook narrator was perfect for the job, and he had the perfect voice and accent to make the story sound exactly as it should.

Many thanks to the author, publisher, NetGalley and The Pigeonhole for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

lapsicle's review against another edition

4.0

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-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

catbag's review against another edition

1.5

bro i hhaaaaaaaayyyted this but giving a happy little gay book 1.5 stars feels like a hate crime AND DURING PRIDE MONTH NO LESS! but i have to. it made me want to remove my brain from my body. and THAT is a hate crime. so it nets

it gave 'baby does his first social interaction.' and everyone he meets is immediately a bigot or an angel

also this is a kind of spoiler but truly who cares:

he meets a child with cancer one (1) time and says ykw i have to be happy for Child. specifically for Child
and then when he met the old fling he had he was like i am doing this for every gay person ever
“And then it hit him that, in waiting to be reunited with George, he wasn’t just seeing through his search on behalf of all the friends who’d supported him. He wasn’t just doing it for Bradley”
bradley who was like. five years old and had no idea who albert was and who albert met one single time before bradley died of cancer. bro literally shut the hell your up