A review by henryk_2557
Life Without Children by Roddy Doyle

dark reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I've enjoyed Doyle immensely in the past but most of this felt like a slapdash, half-baked effort rushed out by his agent . No story was especially clever, two or three were indeed quietly moving, but I do wish Doyle would branch out more stylistically before Contemporary Irish Fiction, with the help of Sally Rooney and the like, starts to feel like a one trick monkey teetering on self-parody.