What a fantastic compulsive read from Will Wiles, short enough to keep you engrossed as it hurries you through the poor house-sitter's increasingly disastrous days alone in a strange city trying to cope with his inability to maintain order in Oskar's immaculate apartment. His struggles against an impossible feat of discipline never really descend into farce which would be easy to do, but manage to keep you feeling claustrophobic and unsettled throughout while at the same time face-palming his stupidity. I grabbed this book in a charity shop before a journey, and ended up with a wonderful novel that I kept going to put the bookmark in then just .. one .. more .. page. Brilliant. Well now, have I just read a story as it is? Or is it more of a metaphor? If it is supposed to be funny then this is black humour indeed. The main characters have many flaws and imperfections and I found it a little sad that I could easily recognise some of these in myself. I am left wondering if the aim of this book is to give its readers a good kick up the backside; in which case it worked! A little wordy at times, suddenly almost breaking into succinct colloquialisms.
Comical in parts, however the long-winded and extravagant descriptions wore on me by the end.
—Michelle
Hilarious, laugh out loud funny. Perfect timing, we're re-doing our floors!
—sandra
Abandoned due to finding the book to be very pretentious.
—Rose
Sometimes painful to read, but impossible to put down.
—azza
Great book!
—Macsit
