I ploughed my way through this book and only finished it because someone who loved it had lent it to me.
Next time I see her I will be able tell her why I didn't like it. Richard osman has an inventive mind when it comes to plots, but his ideas of what older people are like, even in a retirement complex, is so hackneyed, stereotyped and two dimensional.
The other thing that niggled me, which I know is trivial, is that retirement complexes are almost always built by companies or charities who specialise in this field, not by, again, two dimensiona,l cliched, crooked flash small time property developers.
I think next time Richard Osman writes a book he should try and set it in a milieu, he is familiar with, where he knows lots of people who work/live the lives of the characters.
He could be a good writer, be he isn't there yet.