Review: The humor was lost on me
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 08 22, 2013
Having recently (3 1/2 months ago) given birth to our first child, I thought this book would be a fun read and give me a glimpse into what my hubby went through during my pregnancy. And based on the handful of other customer reviews, it was sure to be funny, too...bonus!The book is a series of diary entries penned by our narrator, Graham. His audience, he assumes, are the aliens who will someday find his diary (?). Graham talks candidly about his fears and excitement as his girlfriend progresses through the months leading up to his fatherhood. The story has the potential to be funny. It has the potential to be poignant. It was neither.I think the humor was just lost on me because I'm not British and, clearly, the author is. (Perhaps some of the "funny" was "lost in translation"...?) That aside, very little of the content was believable. I find it hard to believe that any 29-year-old man is as ill-equipped and aloof as Graham seems to be. He came across as flaky and, sadly, unlikable. So much so that in my mind, it was Russell Brand's voice narrating the story. (Have I mentioned that I can't stand Russell Brand?) I digress. Needless to say, I don't feel compelled to read the author's next installment about the first three months of fatherhood.