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A review by mbfeeney
Clovenhoof by Heide Goody, Iain Grant
3.0
I was recommended this book over on Goodreads by a friend from Twitter. I read the blurb and nearly wet myself so I bought it straight away and began to read.
When I realised that was set near where I live, which made it all the better as I could empathise with the main character and picture where he was throughout the story.
The story started off really well, and I was literally laughing out loud, but after a while, I began to find it a little samey. There were still a lot of moments that made me laugh, but they were fewer and further between, until the final few chapters, which is when the story picked up again.
The writing style reminded me of "The Queen and I" by Sue Townsend, but I feel Townsend's book was better executed.
During reading, I couldn't tell that this book was written by two authors which is a huge compliment to them managing to create a seamless tale as I have read a few collaborations in which you can see what each author has written which then makes the story a little choppy.
I would read more of the Clovenhoof books, but not right away.
When I realised that was set near where I live, which made it all the better as I could empathise with the main character and picture where he was throughout the story.
The story started off really well, and I was literally laughing out loud, but after a while, I began to find it a little samey. There were still a lot of moments that made me laugh, but they were fewer and further between, until the final few chapters, which is when the story picked up again.
The writing style reminded me of "The Queen and I" by Sue Townsend, but I feel Townsend's book was better executed.
During reading, I couldn't tell that this book was written by two authors which is a huge compliment to them managing to create a seamless tale as I have read a few collaborations in which you can see what each author has written which then makes the story a little choppy.
I would read more of the Clovenhoof books, but not right away.