Quirky and rather dry-witted...but I'll admit I read it till the end to see what would happen. I'm a sucker for an ending and this was one of those books that screamed "happily ever after" ending. Read for yourself to see if it really is.Jason Priestly (not the 90210 guy) is the protagonist, but he can't hold the story on his own. He needs Dev, Matt, Abbey, and even Pamela and Sarah (and her entourage of Gary and Anna) to pull off a well-rounded story in the end. Takes a while to get started (several chapters, in fact), but it's an OK read. I was flying on an airplane when I began reading this book. Seated next to me was an older business man perhaps in his fifties. "Jason Priestley is eating soup." I laughed out loud. Perhaps a little louder than necessary, but it's not like I was trying to be disruptive.How many times have we written the most mundane things on social media? "Sarah is now replacing the toilet paper roll." I admit that I've written that on Facebook, though I can't explain why. Reading that line about Jason Priestley updating his status with his eating soup flooded my brain with all the silly things we all type for no reason...and I lost it. On an airplane, seated next to perhaps the most uptight man ever. Mr. Business man promptly huffed and angrily turned his body toward the aisle. It was as if I'd eaten a cheese, pickle, and onion sandwich and breathed into his face. I took a breath test. Nope, minty breath! I was chewing gum. "Really?" he said. I wasn't sure if he was talking to me or not, but I responded in a whisper, "Really." So, thank you to Danny Wallace for writing a book that made me laugh (rather loudly, apparently) on a plane ride, but more so for making Mr. Business uncomfortable. I didn't want to sit that close to him anyway.
What do You think about Charlotte Street (2012)?
Was really looking forward to this but it was a boring read, which dragged.
—moose
This book was a really good light read. Great character development.
—Sara
