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A review by rosemarieshort
Monday to Friday Man by Alice Peterson
4.0
At first I thought this was just going to be your typical froth. And okay, yeah, it kind of was. The plot revolves around Gilly; a woman who was five minutes shy of being jilted at the altar and has been unlucky in love ever since. Her grand idea, put forward through advice guru estate agent Robert, is to get a lodger - more specifically a Monday to Friday man.
So the plot thickens when attractive and high flying Jack answers her advert. Gilly's dog walking circle are at first ecstatic but as they find out more about Jack (or more to the point, less) they start to become less sure...including hat wearing Guy who is kind, a good friend and...oops, engaged.
You can see where this will go and it isn't so much the destination as the journey which earned this such a high rating. The way the author pulls all the strings together, adding in a sub-plot about Gilly's disabled sister who died aged three, comes off charmingly. And there is something of a hot cup of tea and a cosy blanket. This will not win any Booker Prizes any time soon but it fulfils the purpose of creating a light, feel good read which I got through in just two sittings.
So the plot thickens when attractive and high flying Jack answers her advert. Gilly's dog walking circle are at first ecstatic but as they find out more about Jack (or more to the point, less) they start to become less sure...including hat wearing Guy who is kind, a good friend and...oops, engaged.
You can see where this will go and it isn't so much the destination as the journey which earned this such a high rating. The way the author pulls all the strings together, adding in a sub-plot about Gilly's disabled sister who died aged three, comes off charmingly. And there is something of a hot cup of tea and a cosy blanket. This will not win any Booker Prizes any time soon but it fulfils the purpose of creating a light, feel good read which I got through in just two sittings.