The Diary Of A ... Father: Year one Box-set by Pete Sortwell
Published: 18/11/13
Publisher: Sorted Publishing
Pages: 239
Pete is the author I always go to when I want to laugh and have an easy read. His books are full to the brim with sarcasm, humour and a brilliant story line. Following on from his incredibly successful Idiot Reviews, Pete wrote The Diary Of An Expectant father and then a sequel called The Diary Of A Hapless Father and he combined them into a boxset which I grabbed on Amazon during its free promotional period.
I was so glad I did!
Pete had yet again written books that blow you away. His sense of humour is just spot on and I was laughing after the first few pages after hearing the way the main character’s girlfriend takes a pregnancy test. It was just brilliant. I loved the main character of these diaries (or the diary owner), Graham, and his honesty about the fears of pregnancy and seeing it from a male point of view was unique and actually quite eye opening!
The diaries are laid out in an easy to read and suitable format, which was quite exciting as it made you feel like you were snooping around Graham’s secret diary! There is a good ‘storyline’ if you can call it that, which runs throughout both of the diaries. We learn about Graham’s work life, his work colleagues, his parents and the Alison, the mother of his child. The relationship between Alison and Graham was realistic and quite hilarious at times.
Pete’s writing style is easy to read which is perfect because you can snuggle up with this book and not have to focus too hard on what you’re reading and you can get totally lost in the story. I found myself racing through the first diary and being eager to start the second one.
If I’m not wrong, I think Pete is planning on writing another book in this series so I look forward to that one greatly. It will be great to see where Graham and Alison are now and how Graham is coping with fatherhood, judging by the past two books he’s struggling a little!!
A fun, frank and often funny look at the journey of fatherhood from the first pregnancy test to the first nappy. Brilliant!
Publisher: Sorted Publishing
Pages: 239
Pete is the author I always go to when I want to laugh and have an easy read. His books are full to the brim with sarcasm, humour and a brilliant story line. Following on from his incredibly successful Idiot Reviews, Pete wrote The Diary Of An Expectant father and then a sequel called The Diary Of A Hapless Father and he combined them into a boxset which I grabbed on Amazon during its free promotional period.
I was so glad I did!
Pete had yet again written books that blow you away. His sense of humour is just spot on and I was laughing after the first few pages after hearing the way the main character’s girlfriend takes a pregnancy test. It was just brilliant. I loved the main character of these diaries (or the diary owner), Graham, and his honesty about the fears of pregnancy and seeing it from a male point of view was unique and actually quite eye opening!
The diaries are laid out in an easy to read and suitable format, which was quite exciting as it made you feel like you were snooping around Graham’s secret diary! There is a good ‘storyline’ if you can call it that, which runs throughout both of the diaries. We learn about Graham’s work life, his work colleagues, his parents and the Alison, the mother of his child. The relationship between Alison and Graham was realistic and quite hilarious at times.
Pete’s writing style is easy to read which is perfect because you can snuggle up with this book and not have to focus too hard on what you’re reading and you can get totally lost in the story. I found myself racing through the first diary and being eager to start the second one.
If I’m not wrong, I think Pete is planning on writing another book in this series so I look forward to that one greatly. It will be great to see where Graham and Alison are now and how Graham is coping with fatherhood, judging by the past two books he’s struggling a little!!
A fun, frank and often funny look at the journey of fatherhood from the first pregnancy test to the first nappy. Brilliant!
Laura