The Man Who Died Twice #

Richard Osman #

June 26, 2022

5/5

This was a genuinely lovely read. I don’t know whether I more so consider it to be a mystery or comedy, but it is certainly a bit of both. There were moments reading it where I genuinely laughed out loud, and that hardly happens to me with books, so that was a lovely surprise. This book is a bit more of a quicker read compared to some of the others that I’ve read, but that’s probably due to the subject matter, and the speed with which I read mystery novels.

There were a few gripes I do have with the novel, two in fact. Firstly, a lot of the intrigue happens a bit late in the book, so I found myself reading somewhat slowly for the first two thirds of the book, and the speeding it and the last mark. This is, of course, expected (especially for a mystery novel), but I felt the balance was a bit skewed. This hardly impacted my enjoyment of the novel though. Secondly, there were a lot of moments were you could mistake our septuagenarians for being more middle aged, but I wasn’t too bothered by this either.

Overall this was a fantastic and fun read, I’d recommend you read it if you want to try something a little lighthearted, and funny all the same!