Please don't be misled by the cheesy cover on this book, it's a delight of a read and will have you on your knees by the end.

I actually started this book fully prepared to give up on it, anticipating maudlin sentimentality and cliche ridden text. Oh how wrong I was. From the moment our grumpy but great hero met his his irritating yet adorable (as 10 year old boys with the depth and attention spans of your average spaniel are) sidekick I was hooked.

Their adventures are brilliantly described and that we who are more familiar with 21st century life than Murray McBride gain an additional perspective even beyond his is very clever.

Trust me, you'll be weeping by the book's end - but no spoilers, you'll have to read it to find out why.

This book is wonderful!

There's so much I want to say that I don't know where to begin. And I don't think I can say enough to show how good, I believe, this book is.

It made me emotional and gave me life lessons and so much realisations.

Mr. McBride and Jason make a great pair - include Tiegan and make that a trio. Mr. McBride being 100 years of age and Jason being 10, you get to see how different the world is for them.

This made me laugh, cry and happy.

I just really love this book so much - I have a hangover. Once you start reading, it's pretty hard to stop. I think anyone who reads this will finish/close the book with more appreciation of life.


I can't thank you enough for allowing me to discover and read The Five Wishes of Mr. Murray McBride.

P.S. I need me a heart like Tiegan's.

The story starts at JFK Center for the Performing Arts – Washington, D.C. – Miles, the biographer of Prospero The Greatest Magician, is about to hear a story about; magic and the real thing.

Segue; 20 years earlier, centenarian Murray McBride of Lemon Grove, Illinois – wonders “How can a man as old and washed-up as me possibly find a reason to live?” It is Murray’s voice we hear for the greatest part of the story. It is a voice of old fashioned principals. He is a man of conviction, strong religious belief and able to acknowledge his faults and his failings. But it is his one hundredth birthday and he want to do something to help someone before he dies and decides that reading to sick children at the Children’s Hospital in a nice gathering space might be something he can do.

Segue; the children’s hospital, ten year old Jason Cashman, dying from a terminal heart defect, is playing a video game in that nice gathering space. After undergoing yet another treatment he is waiting for his father, and Jason has just enough time to engage Murray McBride before he is dragged out of the hospital by his father. But Jason has forgotten something and his father will not take the time to allow Jason to retrieve a small scrap of paper that he has left behind. This little scrap of paper defines the balance of this wonderful, remarkable, heartbreaking story.

There are distinct characters; Murray’s Priest and friend Father James; his unsettled grandson Chance, who perceived as selfish, might just be misunderstood; Jason’s “I’m always going to be there for you friend Tiegan Rose Marie Atherton; Jason’s Mother Anna who will never give up hope; Jason’s Father Benedict whose aloofness masks his fear. Each one is developed and defines the direction the story takes. The peripheral characters are equally well defined and each lends credence to the story.

Jason’s video game provides the perfect device to help Murray and the reader to understand how unfair life can be even as you continue to play. How “Every once in a while” life “blasts you for no reason, even though you didn’t do anything wrong”.

Segue; JFK Center for the Performing Arts – Washington, D.C. – Miles, the biographer of Prospero, The Greatest Magician, has just heard the most amazing, the most important, and the most miraculous story of real magic.

I have been looking for my next great read and there is no doubt that I found it in this book. Thank you NetGalley and Black Rose Writing for a copy.

I loved this story. I couldn't put it down. It tells the story of 100 year old Mr. Mcbride and a 10 year old boy with a heart defect. Mr. Mcbride finds a list of the boys 5 wishes he wants before he dies that the boy left at the hospital. He sets out to find the boy and help him make his wishes come true. There is also a 1o year old girl and her inspiring greeting she has with her mother, which is SBK. I love the "SBK" greeting they have. This book is filled with heart, wisdom, laughs, and sadness. I loved it. I highly recommend this book.

I would like to thank Netgalley and the publisher for providing me with a review copy in exchange for my honest and unbiased opinion of it.

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I received this book "The Five Wishes of Murray McBride" from NetGalley and all opinions expressed are my own. What a great book! I loved the story of Mr McBride who is 100 years old and Jason who is 10 years old. They form a wonderful friendship and they go on adventures. This book will really make you think about being old and being young. Very heartwarming and uplifting, laughter and tears await you while reading this wonderful story. Highly recommend.

Mr. Mcbride is a 100-year-old man that is tired of living, that is until he meets 10-year-old Jason. Moved by the fact that Jason has a terminal heart condition and a list of things he wants to do before he dies, Mr. Mcbride makes it his mission to grant them. The interactions between the two had me laughing out loud through a lot of the book. The ending had an unexpected twist that ripped out my heart but somehow put it back in again. This is definitely a book I would read over and over again.

The Five Wishes of Mr. Murray McBride is one amazing debut novel. I loved how the story was written and how an unlikely friendship between two kids and one adult was formed. The friendship with Jason and Tiegan reminds Murray of what he missed when his kids were still little. I loved the great relationship between Tiegan and her mom and their greetings to each other of SBK, you have to read the book to find out what is means as I don't want to give a spoiler. This book makes you realise that every moment with a loved one counts and that we have to make the best of it. Keep the tissues nearby when reading this book as you will need it. I finished this book early on a saturday moring crying my eyes out. If I could give more stars I would, as it is I would recommend this great novel to everyone, you can't not read it. This would make a great movie!!!!

Sweet and sentimental. At 100, Mr Murray McBride is nearing the end of his life, but a chance encounter in hospital with a 10 year old heart patient, Jason, reinvigorates him. Together Mr McBride and Jason embark on a whirlwind of fun to make Jason's five bucket-list wishes come true. Populated with a host of endearing characters, this is a feel-good read.

"Without love, we might as well not exist."
It's a beautiful novel of Love, Hope, Wishes and Friendship between a ten year old boy and a hundred year old man.
It proves that best friends will always find each other no matter how long it takes. That love gives and receives with steadfast determination right to the very end without reservation.
Laughter and tears are a wonderful part of this plot.
SBK- (strong, brave and kind) definitely prevails throughout each of these amazing characters.
I loved it!
Ten stars!

A centenarian and ten year old seem an unlikely pair. Toss in a strong, brave, and kind little girl, and you've got the leading cast of this life-changing adventure novel. For fans of Tuesdays with Morrie or The Five Times I Met Myself, this book delves into some of the hard issues in life, what it means to truly love and live, and how we can affect others. The love in these pages is something we all so desperately need to recover these days. I don't want to say too much (no spoilers here), but you won't be disappointed. I _can_ say, however, that if this book doesn't make you both chuckle aloud and shed a tear, then you are an inhuman robot. I'd give it more than five stars, if possible...