Member Review

It might seem a bit of a strange choice to really enjoy a book about a digital detox at a time when most of us are using technology more than ever to keep in touch with family and friends, but this made me laugh so much that I couldn't help myself. Admittedly it took me a little bit to get into - but I'm blaming that on the poo-splosion incident near the start, which was too close to humiliation humour for me, but that's just me. Andy's adventures without his phone were funny and relatable, the secondary characters are great and  I thought the resolution was really clever.  It also reminds you not to take what you see on the internet too seriously as a model for your own life and will make you think about your own technology consumption - especially if you're reading it on a Kindle like I was - but in a good way not in a boring preachy way that will make you feel bad about it. I mean I work in a tech heavy and tech reliant job and I was definitely thinking "well at least I don't do that" rather than "uh oh, I have a problem" while I was reading it.

This is the second Nick Spalding book I've read - I read Bricking It back in December 2015 and that was a BotW as well as getting a mention in my books about renovations post.  I'm not to sure why it's taken me so long to read him again, because I really enjoyed that too. Four and a bit years ago, my main complaint with Bricking It (according to my Goodreads review)  was that the resolution was a bit too sudden, and this one doesn't have that problem. There is a definite dilemma that Nick is going through and it resolves itself in stages - and you don't really notice that it's doing it until you realise that it's done. Which is neat.