Forever Home

I was over the moon to be approved for this ARC having read of all Grahams previous novels and loved them. I was not disappointed with this new outing. Where to begin??? I don’t have the words apart from JUST READ IT!!! All I will say is that Graham Norton loves up to his famous name in terms of fame and hype the man can write while his name might bring in the readers in the first instance they will keep coming back for the writing . This book like all the previous is funny, heartwarming and has a touch a mystery. To say it’s pure gas is a understatement, the humour is understated but packs a punch. Again like all the previous books Norton writes the most likeable, real to,life characters, in this I cousins get enough of Moria. This story is about ordinary people with ordinary lives but are anything but ordinary. This a book I will buying for my Mammy do yourself a favour and do the same…

I've had a soft spot for Graham Norton ever since his Father Ted days and have more recently enjoyed his novels along with his chat shows. As usual, this one starts with a gentle slice of Irish village life and characters, but soon descends into something darker. A warm, easy to read story with relatable characters and "what would I do" scenarios.
One annoyance was that I read it on a kindle and the lack of chapter breaks was really irritating but hopefully this will be rectified in the book.
thank you to netgalley and hodder and Stoughton for an advance copy of this book

Read in one day I really enjoyed this.
This seems to be a slight departure from Graham’s previous books, all of which have been brilliant.
As always beautifully observed, the beginning is his usual insightful look at people and their actions and interactions, so much so, I found myself thinking “this is our new Maeve Binchy”, which is high praise indeed. Then he takes us on diversion that’s almost slapstick in places as there’s a crime to be solved.
A great read and as usual capturing small town Ireland perfectly

Carol Crottie is devastated. Her soulmate and partner, Declan Barry, is no longer by her side, and she is being evicted from the home they shared by his grown up children. Unable to reason with them, she has no alternative than to move out, back to her parents home. To her dismay, she discovers that the Barry siblings have put the house up for sale, despite it being their father’s wish for the house never to be sold. Carol’s parents come up with a plan that Carol is not entirely happy with, but circumstances force her hand and she has to go along with their scheming and plotting. Obviously things don’t go smoothly, and the house has a secret that none of the Crotties could ever have imagined.

I absolutely loved this book. The arc I received was poorly presented, with no chapter breaks, nor, at times, paragraph breaks, so a fair bit of rereading took place, but this still did not detract from a great book.

Reading anything by GN is like revisiting an old friend, comforting, and reassuring but with all the gossip! From the first pages the story draws you in and it’s impossible to put down, a case of just one more page.

Loved, loved, loved it! Another triumph by GN

5*

Thank you NetGalley.