Review: Feelgood easy reads that leave you smiling
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 19, 2013
Feelgood easy reads that leave you smilingIn my opinion Terry Tyler is the queen of the feelgood easy read, where realistic characters walk, talk, and step right off the page into your head. She’s got a truly unique way of pulling you effortlessly into her stories, so that the characters feel like friends, and that is a pretty special gift to have. In these 9 stories you feel as if you make a few mates, get some surprises, and garner a little more insight into the lives of all kinds of essentially ordinary people, who have some fairly extraordinary secrets.A married woman is tempted to infidelity, slimming leads to a surprise, there’s the ramifications of jealousy, disappointment in love, the list goes on. And not all of it is female based: there’s the gritty machinations in a sleazy snooker bar, plus a story all about an actor and an architect and a fairly sinister raven ( I loved the raven).  I enjoyed one story in particular, when I’m sure I was supposed to disapprove of a slovenly feckless character, but found her quite endearing.  You may not agree.  You may not agree with lots of my ideas about all the different characters in these stories, but I promise you they’re all interesting people, many are likeable, and each story has a neat clever idea that leaves you with a little voice that says ‘I never expected that!’That’s the whole point. You never do know quite what to expect with Ms Tyler’s inspirational stories, and that’s what makes them fun, and fresh. Whether you read these tales to while away a solitary work break or enjoy them on a ride into work on the bus, you’ll put away your kindle with a smile on your face.  And not many writers can claim to do that.