Review: Short and amusing
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 03 25, 2013
This novella (roughly 80 pages) is written completely in the third person narrator style, which gives it an impersonal feeling.  Short and very blunt, with little or no descriptions, the story moves quickly.  It had the feeling of a script to a sit-com.  I must say it does have some excellent one-line zingers: one Scot to another- "Yanks, can't live with them, can't kill them" or as The protagonist said to his daughter-"I don't want you to be something you're not, but would it kill you to be a little less condescending?"Early in the story the son was describing his father and said- "the Vikings used to believe that luck was a trait you were born with, like height".  I was afraid that this whole book would be a Rodney Dangerfield moment, because the beginning is certainly full of main character not getting any respect.  Therefore, it was quite nice to see some plot happening.  If you like the show "Family Guy", The MacLosers should appeal to you.I received this book free  in exchange for an honest review.