Review: Refreshingly amusing
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 16, 2012
I just want to say it first - Kieran McCall, the main hero of 'An Idiot in Love' is not an idiot. Now to the review proper.'An Idiot in Love (a laugh out loud comedy)' by David Jester is an interesting beast. A mix of amusing episodes about different romantic (and not very) relationships that main hero had throughout the years, starting with his time in school. While comedy is not 'laugh out loud', it is rather amusing, at times subtle, at times nonsensical, at times rather gross but at all time distinctly British. My favorite episode was when Kieran gets an office job and becomes involved, quite reluctantly, with the owner's wife, a true cougar on a prowl. It reads like a script for an episode of 'Office' (UK version, obviously). Kieran's other adventures involve going on speed-date while on Valium, seeing his ex-girlfriend at an orgy, getting involved with a rather psychopathic co-worker, and more. As I mentioned not all adventures are hilarious, but they are almost always amusing.The prose is rather polished, and the characters speak in that distinct British manner of awkwardness and understatement mixed with bawdy goofiness.Mr. David Jester is a gifted storyteller with a rather unique perspective and skillful writing style. While I can't say that 'An Idiot in Love' is the funniest book I've read recently,it is, hands down, 'most awkwardly amusing'. I am looking forward to reading more of Mr. Jester's works in the future.