The Absurd Life of Barry White by Rob Harris

Thank you @bloodhoundbook @KellyALacey @lovebookstours #Ad #LBTCrew #BookTwitter for letting me be part if this tour and reviewing this book. The Absurd Life of Barry White is dark comedy genre and has a cracking title and the pint of beer works very well on the front cover. I think the front cover stands out a lot from other book covers. The main character is Barry White Jr, and he is a bit of a gambler and suddenly Barry's look is in and he wins. Then his life starts to change. It did take me a few chapters to get into, and then I could not put the book down. The Absurd Life of Barry White did make me chuckle in places and is very well written. I did like Barry and I thought it was funny he won the big but then was trying to get rid of it because it was coming a burden to him. I think I would keep it but can understand why it would be burden, but you would then try to make it your new normal, must have been hard for him. Entertaing read and glad I got to read about Barry and what happened to him. Furthermore, I liked how his character developed through the book it made me connect with him more throughout the book. If you like a dark comedy this book is definitely for you. 4 stars Blurb Barry White, an idle forty-something man-child, lives with his Ma and spends his days drinking, gambling and watching videos of his favourite gorilla Chico on YouTube. He does all this whilst lying in bed pretending to work – for a logistics company which sent him home during the pandemic but has never asked him to come back. They’re no longer sure what he does for them and neither is he. When Barry’s luck changes and a crazy drunken bet on the horses lands him £1 million he finally has a chance to strike out on his own and grab the new life that he has always dreamt of. But is he ready to take the plunge? And does he even want to? Whilst he dithers, there’s a more pressing problem to address... what to do with a shedload of cash that no one – not even his own Ma – knows he has got!