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A light, humorous book about a German doctor of philology, if that makes sense. While parts were very funny, especially at the beginning, it lost steam as it developed. Though it didn't actually "develop." Mostly it just cast a pretentious German PhD into silly situations meant to poke fun at preten...
Alexander McCall Smith fluffly serial novel #2 in his 44 Scotland Street series. It's fluffly, it's light reading. The characters are mostly caricatures especially Berty's mom and Bruce. Despite the caricature aspect, I got attached to most of the characters. Some I adore, Berty is my favourite, fol...
I'm actually listening to the audiobook, which is fine. Cute stories, clever writing. I skip the Bertie parts though. I listened to two chapters with him and his family and couldn't take it any more. I'm leaning toward not finishing this audiobook though.
Although supposedly a novel, it's really a bunch of loosely strung together short stories. This was nothing like Lady's Own Detective Agency, which is delightful. The humor in the book was just too subtle for me. There were a few funny parts but mostly it just seemed like a dork of a guy whose life ...
If Jane Austen lived in Edinburgh in the 21st century, she would write about these people, maybe not the same stories but her pen would enjoy exposing this eclectic group.
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