Firstly it is worth mentioning that the cover does no justice to the book itself. I would never have picked this up in a bookshop because the choice of cover design makes it look a bit chick-lit which isn't my cup of tea at all. I personally think a cover more aligned to the genre would help to sell this book to the right audience.
The descriptions of each city visited by the characters were inviting and made me want to jump in an old sports car and go on a road trip myself. I enjoyed the 1938-9 storyline more than the 1979 storyline. Though I felt both were a tad far fetched the history and the piecw by piece reveal of the bigger picture was intriguing and made me want to read on. Once I had accepted the story was going to be a little silly and James Bond-esque in places I found I enjoyed it more.
I liked the angle of the grandson-grandmother relationship which isn't often explored in fiction and added another dimension to the telling of the story, but felt that the characters could have been fleshed out a little more to make us really empathise with Phil in his coming of age journey, and the impact of the end of the story.
The descriptions of each city visited by the characters were inviting and made me want to jump in an old sports car and go on a road trip myself. I enjoyed the 1938-9 storyline more than the 1979 storyline. Though I felt both were a tad far fetched the history and the piecw by piece reveal of the bigger picture was intriguing and made me want to read on. Once I had accepted the story was going to be a little silly and James Bond-esque in places I found I enjoyed it more.
I liked the angle of the grandson-grandmother relationship which isn't often explored in fiction and added another dimension to the telling of the story, but felt that the characters could have been fleshed out a little more to make us really empathise with Phil in his coming of age journey, and the impact of the end of the story.