Book Review: Charlotte Street

Author Blurb

Charlotte StreetAuthor: Danny WallacePublished: May 2012

Jason Priestley (not that one) has just seen her. They shared an incredible, brief, fleeting moment of deep possibility, somewhere halfway down Charlotte Street.

And then, just like that, she was gone - accidentally leaving him holding her old-fashioned, disposable camera, chock full of undeveloped photos...

And now Jason - ex-teacher, ex-boyfriend, part-time writer and reluctant hero - faces a dilemma. Should he try and track The Girl down? What if she's The One? But that would mean using the only clues he has, which lie untouched in this tatty disposable...

It's funny how things can develop...

Written by Danny Wallace, Charlotte Street tells the story of Jason Priestly (not that one) as he recovers from his breakup and the fact that his ex-girlfriends live seems to be perfectly slotting into place whilst his crumbles. This book also hints upon the magic of love and love at first sight.

however, that seems to be all the book does; hint at the fact that there may be better and more interesting things to come. unfortunately there isn't, there is nothing in this book that makes you feel as though the read was even slightly worth it.

This is likely to be a short review as I was sorely disappointed with this book. The cover, the blurb and the first chapter entitled 'before' looked very intriguing and made me excited to see what this book was about and how the story would develop - how wrong I was!
the first chapter was filled with promise and expectation giving the impression that the story was going to explore the darker side of chance encounters and love of a stranger as well as being in a slightly humorous; it really wasn't not once in the rest of the 408 pages was the scene set in the first few pages which grabbed my attention so, elaborated upon or even re-visited.

The writing style was disjointed, as was the plot, long winded and uninspiring. it seemed unnecessarily convoluted and complicated. it is possible that Wallace was attempting to portray the under-appreciated writing ability of the protagonist (maybe ... probably not)

The theme and idea behind this book is a really clever and interesting one, so credit where its due, however, it was not kept strong enough through the story to with stand the many, many, many flaws of this book.

Rating: 1/10