Today I am excited to share with you my review of this brilliant read from Richard Roper. Thank you to Tracy Fenton from compulsive Readers for inviting me to join the tour and for my copy of the book in exchange for my honest and unbiased review.
Book Description
Sometimes you have to risk everything to find your something...
All Andrew wants is to be normal. He has the perfect wife and 2.4 children waiting at home for him after a long day. At least, that's what he's told people.
The truth is, his life isn't exactly as people think and his little white lie is about to catch up with him.
Because in all Andrew's efforts to fit in, he's forgotten one important thing: how to really live. And maybe, it's about time for him to start.
My Review
This is absolutely gripping read that I really enjoyed from start to finish.
Andrew is single and childless and is feeling like his life is far from perfect, and he doesn't know how to change it. That is until during a job interview he decides to tell a few white lies about his life. He invents a wife, two children and a dog. He doesn't think it will cause any problems as he thinks he won't get the job anyway. Andrew is shocked when he finds out that he did actually get the job and now he has to keep the pretence of the perfect family life, when really he is feeling very alone.
Will Andrew finally give up the lie and tell his boss the truth or will he decide to keep up theses and hope everything falls into place for him?
I enjoyed getting stuck into this book and finding out what decisions Andrew makes along the way. I really did understand why Andrew started the lies he told. We all have times where we feel like we could do with more confidence and really that's all he was trying to do. There are times in the book you just want him to own up to his lies as you can see how much it is getting to him and how much of an impact it is having on is life.
I thoroughly enjoyed this debut read from Richard Roper book and I loved writing style of it, it flowed well and was great read.
Published by Orion on 27th June 2019
Purchase Link
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Something-Live-Richard-Roper/dp/1409185591/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3OJKNXLM3IUAM&keywords=something+to+live+for&qid=1562271109&s=gateway&sprefix=something+to+%2Caps%2C139&sr=8-1#customerReviews
This is absolutely gripping read that I really enjoyed from start to finish.
Andrew is single and childless and is feeling like his life is far from perfect, and he doesn't know how to change it. That is until during a job interview he decides to tell a few white lies about his life. He invents a wife, two children and a dog. He doesn't think it will cause any problems as he thinks he won't get the job anyway. Andrew is shocked when he finds out that he did actually get the job and now he has to keep the pretence of the perfect family life, when really he is feeling very alone.
Will Andrew finally give up the lie and tell his boss the truth or will he decide to keep up theses and hope everything falls into place for him?
I enjoyed getting stuck into this book and finding out what decisions Andrew makes along the way. I really did understand why Andrew started the lies he told. We all have times where we feel like we could do with more confidence and really that's all he was trying to do. There are times in the book you just want him to own up to his lies as you can see how much it is getting to him and how much of an impact it is having on is life.
I thoroughly enjoyed this debut read from Richard Roper book and I loved writing style of it, it flowed well and was great read.
Published by Orion on 27th June 2019
Purchase Link
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Something-Live-Richard-Roper/dp/1409185591/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3OJKNXLM3IUAM&keywords=something+to+live+for&qid=1562271109&s=gateway&sprefix=something+to+%2Caps%2C139&sr=8-1#customerReviews
About the Author
Richard Roper was inspired by an article he read about the council workers who deal with situations when someone dies alone. Their days are spent sifting through the ephemera of those who've slipped through the cracks, searching for clues to a next of kin. Council workers are under no obligation to attend the funerals. Yet they do, sometimes dozens of them a year, just to make sure at least someone is there.
Richard Roper lives in London. SOMETHING TO LIVE FOR is his first novel.
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