I've been following Jon Rance on Twitter since reading his first book and tweeting my appreciation. Since then my Twitter feed has been bombarded on a daily basis by Mr Rance promoting his book and the reviews received on Amazon. Then last Thursday I spotted an announcement that he had published a sort-of prequel to This Thirtysomething Life and it was free to download. So download it I did!
The next day after I had finished a disappointing book I sat down to read my freebie - not expecting that much as a short story written to download for free. However I was proved wrong completely. I enjoyed This Thirtysomething Life but I thought this prequel was much better (possibly down to the fact it is actually his second book) and I didn't dislike the main character, Harry, as I had in the original book.
The story heads back a few years before Harry becomes a father, and like the first it has lots of laugh out loud moments, as well as sadness, and possibly more so than the main book. The parts with his grandparents are highly emotional, but a fantastic insight into his grandfather in the follow-up (my favourite character incidentally). My only negative is that the story was far too short.
4/5
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