I was sent this book courtesy of the author/publisher in exchange for an honest review.
First off, Jonathan Grant is a really gifted wordsmith. I really enjoyed reading his constant play in words and names, clever use of double meanings and wide variety of vocabulary. His wording was extremely enjoyable and I was rather impressed with quite a bit of it.
Richard Gray as the main character was someone I could root for. I wasn't so sure how I felt about the affair with Teresa (just my personal moral standpoint), but even with my morals getting in the way of being on his side, we can all clearly see that his relationship with his wife Anna Lee is nothing to write home about anymore.
The whole plot of the "chain gang" elementary school was bittersweet. A lot of comedy-inspired moments and at the same time, and extremely prominent issue of racism and/or favoritism that sadly still exists in many places.
The reason I only gave it two stars was just that it was too darn long and I felt like the plot really dragged on. I honestly felt so many positives about the writing except for the flow of the story which just took forever to resolve. I wasn't really motivate to keep reading, but I did finish so I could get the full story and see how Richard finally resolves the PTO crises.
Yes, this was slightly outside the norm of genres I usually breeze through. Should that matter? No. I liked a lot of different things about this book and I really loved all of the wit an sarcasm infused into these nicely developed characters. I felt like I really got to see the depth in the characters but the story just didn't keep holding my attention. Regardless of what my "favorite" books are, any good story can keep me hooked and I thought it just dragged on too much for an otherwise lovely plot line.

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