The Whole Day Through

Short story and just ok, there are some really touching bits but it really lacks in terms of story. It's basically a series of situations involving Ben who is a Dr, his brother Bobby, his wife Chloe, his lost love Laura and Laura's “mummy” Dr Jellicoe (which sounds like a character from the League Of Gentlemen). It covers subjects of relationships, disability, sexually transmitted diseases, downs syndrome and naturism. I think with Patrick Gale I've got to the stage where a good book from him just feels alike a little bit of a disappointment.

There was too little happening to keep me interested and I skipped over the last half.

Phew. I finished it. Finally!

This book is slow-paced, too much of nothing-going-ons and... too old for me. I mean, if I'm an older person, maybe I'll like this book. But the fact that I took more than a month to finish it is something to be considered.

The book is, in one word, boring.