4.0 out of 5 stars Good Old British Humour, 29 Mar 2013 By A. Rose (Devon & Menorca)
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This review is from: Please… Call Me Derek (Paperback)
Like many of the other reviewers, I found this book very funny, very British and very entertaining. The book introduces Derek, aka Sweaty, as a child feeling upset and rebellious because the local supermarket has bought and built on the best rough playground that he and his mates spend their weekends and school holidays on. This same supermarket plays a part through to the end of the book and, with quite few characters, all are intertwined (with one or two convenient coincidences) to give a very fulfilling and refreshing story. There’s a bit of everything in there starting with a sad boy almost attacked by a guard dog through to his adult life living with slightly dippy grandparents, getting a job, saving a damsel in distress, getting a girlfriend, and solving a crime – not to mention all the capers he gets up to trying to get out of the many sticky situations he
finds himself in.
All in all, this was a refreshing book written totally with British humour in mind, and not a single Americanism in sight. Very funny and can totally recommend.
The order of the Derek series:
Please… Call Me Derek
Derek’s in Trouble
Derek’s Revenge
Derek’s Good Relations
Derek Takes Action