Review: Good to meet up with old friends
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 24, 2013
As a fan of Terry Tyler's books, I'd hotly anticipated this follow up to Dream On, which I had thoroughly enjoyed, just as much as the author's previous three books. This, her fifth book didn't disappoint. I felt as if I was having a reunion with old friends, catching up on what had happened to them since we last met. Full Circle wasn't just a metaphor either. We really were taken further into their stories and shown in what direction their futures lay. Some of them changed irrevocably or unexpectedly. The consequences of infidelity and the use of recreational drugs and too much alcohol were laid bare, as well as the very serious subject of the destructive forces of alcoholism. I particularly liked the relationship between Janice and Max's first wife. I felt I would like Max's first wife were we ever to meet. Likewise, I could have murdered his patronising, worthy sister. The banter between the lads in the band, as usual, was fun and on the money and the complicated history between Dave, Ariel and Janice took new twists and turns. And as it turned out, that wasn't the only love triangle in the book! Fiction is stranger than fact... The OTT Melodie whose peers I would normally roll my eyes at, is difficult not to like and I found myself smiling at her antics. Melodie's vocabulary and indeed the dialogue used by the author was very current, so much so I had to ask younger people what some of it meant! Even the characters who would irk you normally, had something positive which endeared them to you. Although Full Circle still has a rock music related theme, the relationships between the characters and the emotional turmoil they go through is much more to the fore in my opinion than in Dream On.All in all a great read, which I finished in 2 days, despite having a newborn baby! Says it all really...4.5 STARS