I did enjoy the first book in this series about the 100 year old man going on an adventure and like Forest Gump, remembering stumbling into all kinds of historical moments in his long life which came in useful in getting him out of trouble in sticky situations.
This sequel, is largely more of the same, and I mostly enjoyed it, although I did find it a bit daft. The scenes with Donald Trump were quite funny, but then Donald Trump is low hanging fruit for comedic parody.
I felt slightly uncomfortable with the narrator’s exaggerated accents for the people of different ethnicities, it’s a bit of a rocky path I guess and I’m not sure how narrators should approach giving voice to ethnic characters but it seemed a bit inappropriate.
If there is another sequel, I don’t think I would bother reading it (although I might be tempted if is was super cheap!).
Sarah Wray Writer 