No quite the same murderfest from Sweetpea 1, but still enjoyably angry at the world.
I think I expected the same kind of murder spree from the first book, and it's not that at all (although Rhiannon, the protagonist, desperately wants that). It's actually written on the tin, In Bloom is Rhiannon's experience of being pregnant - which, for a change, rolls up all the shitty experiences into one.
I enjoyed, and laughed at, the cutting turn of phrases - the kind of brutal honesty that you might reserve for the closest of friends knowing that it's for the "inside voice".
I can see myself reading the next instalment in the book (though perhaps not so soon) and I'm not entirely sure where the character can go given the way the book ends, so that's definitely intriguing.
But just for the the record (my record!), Rhiannon is a terrible person!
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You think he should be allowed to walk around, as free as a bird?’ Technically if he was a bird, he’d be flying.
I’ve pooed! It was humungous and painful and looked a bit like Harvey Weinstein but it’s out now, running wild and free.
Did Tesco. Pretty uneventful except for the fact I couldn’t stop farting. Something I’ve eaten despises me. I dropped one by the Lurpak, did a complete circuit, went back to get milk and it was still there in the air, lingering like a Dementor.
Then came the obligatory roast dinner, stomach ache, fart fest, beachy dog walk and marathon TV watch,
Others I've read in the "Sweetpea" series: