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A review by flyingfox02
The Hotel Avocado by Bob Mortimer
3.0
Mortimer and Whitehouse Gone to Brighton! Because that's where a majority of the book is set and I listened to the audio, which includes the aforementioned pair as narrators. I don't have a lot of thoughts about this one. It was enjoyable, though not as charming as the first book. I kind of don't agree that this is a mystery novel, because a lot of it is pretty mundane slice-of-life stuff. 😂 Gary eating battenberg, Gary sorting out the pantry, Gary watching Border Patrol. Though the charm is how this book doesn't take itself seriously at all.
The mystery is also not very mysterious, basically just a consequence of what happens in the first novel. Gary got into a bit of a predicament - granted it is blackmail and threat of murder - but there's no sense of trying to catch the bad guys or what have you. We do get more insight into other characters, like Grace and Emily, who each had their own pov. Plus an unnamed character, which I have a sneaking suspicion Bob added in for an excuse to be narrated by his mate Paul.
The mystery is also not very mysterious, basically just a consequence of what happens in the first novel. Gary got into a bit of a predicament - granted it is blackmail and threat of murder - but there's no sense of trying to catch the bad guys or what have you. We do get more insight into other characters, like Grace and Emily, who each had their own pov. Plus an unnamed character, which I have a sneaking suspicion Bob added in for an excuse to be narrated by his mate Paul.