24. The Pig Did It by Joseph Caldwell

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24. The Pig Did It by Joseph Caldwell

This is book one in a trilogy. It was a whodunit mystery in an Agatha Christie cozy mystery vein. And it was a bit twee, but I thought it was hilarious.

It’s about a guy named Aaron McCloud, who is a professor in New York, and he goes back to Ireland to feel sorry for himself because the lady he fell in love with did not feel the same. Aaron is a douchebag, and usually if I don’t like the main character I find it hard to like the book. But it’s sort of like the author doesn’t like Aaron too. So it just makes the book that much funnier.

The book has loadsof well-written and dry-witted sentences. Which is probably why I liked it so much. It was a very short book and the ending was a bit rushed, I think. It’s weird, I didn’t like the ending and I didn’t like the main character, but it was still an enjoyable read.

My favorite character was Aaron’s aunt Kitty. She was a writer, like Aaron, however her novels are actually classic pieces of literature that she’s made “corrections” to. It was hilarious how she “fixed” Jane Eyre.

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