Review by Foreverrmore14 -- Randy the Irresistible
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[Following is a volunteer review of "Randy the Irresistible" by S M Goodier.]
Randy The Irresistible, a British comedic novel written by S M Goodier, is a real treat for those who love a witty, yet realistic and educating storyline. The book is based on the life of Randy Love, a well-educated and intelligent young adult male, who like most other young adults, he too is rather conceited and very well aware of his good looks and charms. The book is seen to follow Randy as a college drop-out who starts to make ends meet, both in life and in work.
Randy is described to be good-looking, charming and confident, but it is soon noted that he has poor planning and at most times, showed a lack of common sense. He is loved by quite a lot of people, half of them being woman. Randy’s character is best defined as a womaniser, and being very confident in his charms, looks and personality, he strongly believes that he is able to get any woman to fall for him. He is always thrilled to be in a woman’s bed, and it didn’t really matter to him on whether they were slightly older or younger than he is, but where his “services”, as he puts it, was not required, he would gladly move on to where it would be appreciated.
At the beginning of the book, Randy seems to be your typical egotistical and imprudent young adult, who cares mostly for himself. This could bore the reader quite quickly leading them to not completing the book, but if the reader does stick around, they will come to realise that there’s more to be discovered; in the same way that Randy discovers that he has much more potential than what he believes. Before he realises this though, Randy starts out working at various small jobs, before managing a few part-time ones; which ultimately landed him a position at a reputed bank. As Randy constantly juggles between different small-scale jobs, it is also apparent that Randy has trouble with staying at one home for very long; always missing his payments, or running into trouble with either the landlord, or landlady, Randy always has to resort to an emergency evacuation to get away. It is safe to say that he had to make these evacuations at least four times when it came to his living accommodation. But it wasn’t long after all of these events where Randy began to see his full potential, and he made plans to move to London to write an exam for a financial advisor position, to which he passes. Things start to look good for Randy as he gets the financial advisor position at a major high street bank, but he comes to realise it’s not as glamorous as he had wanted and even in London, Randy still moves in and around houses before getting acquainted with a quirky woman by the name of Nicky, who quickly becomes a constant character in the book and plays a major role in the development of Randy’s character.
Randy’s father, John also plays a major role in his life, constantly offering help and advice to his son, John’s relationship with him is relatively good. The book itself also gives the reader good advice when all things become serious, Johns good friend, Michael, is a major contributor to this as Randy constantly seeks advice from him. Michael said something that really made me ponder over it. To quote, he said,
“Can I just say gently, Randy, that it’s not enough to have some of the information some of the time. Life changes by the second. Blink and you’ve missed it. Go looking for information, question everything and never let yourself get complacent…”
And I had to agree with Randy’s thoughts about this quote; it most certainly was food for thought.
Although the book contained a lot of minor characters, and could be rather confusing to keep up with them, I realised that they were necessary for Randy’s development and because he was the protagonist, it was only natural that characters would constantly come and go. The thing I liked least about the book was that the main character was rather cliché at the beginning, with him being a typical egotistical young adult, but in a brighter light, what I liked most was the humorous events that occurred with his silly antics or how the older woman would always try so hard to seduce him.
It was duly noted that the book was professionally edited, finding very little errors made it pleasing to the eye and a great pleasure to read. However the book did contain certain erotic scenes which would ultimately higher the age restriction, this would mean that the target audience would be young adults who does not mind little bits of erotic scenes. Also the protagonist, Randy, is the epitome of the current generation of young adults when it comes to the outlook of life, social status, and most importantly, the responsibilities of an individual. All in all, this book deserves a good rating, and therefore I am giving this book an amazing rating of 4 out of 4 stars because it is a definite must-read despite its minimum flaws.
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Randy the Irresistible
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Randy The Irresistible, a British comedic novel written by S M Goodier, is a real treat for those who love a witty, yet realistic and educating storyline. The book is based on the life of Randy Love, a well-educated and intelligent young adult male, who like most other young adults, he too is rather conceited and very well aware of his good looks and charms. The book is seen to follow Randy as a college drop-out who starts to make ends meet, both in life and in work.
Randy is described to be good-looking, charming and confident, but it is soon noted that he has poor planning and at most times, showed a lack of common sense. He is loved by quite a lot of people, half of them being woman. Randy’s character is best defined as a womaniser, and being very confident in his charms, looks and personality, he strongly believes that he is able to get any woman to fall for him. He is always thrilled to be in a woman’s bed, and it didn’t really matter to him on whether they were slightly older or younger than he is, but where his “services”, as he puts it, was not required, he would gladly move on to where it would be appreciated.
At the beginning of the book, Randy seems to be your typical egotistical and imprudent young adult, who cares mostly for himself. This could bore the reader quite quickly leading them to not completing the book, but if the reader does stick around, they will come to realise that there’s more to be discovered; in the same way that Randy discovers that he has much more potential than what he believes. Before he realises this though, Randy starts out working at various small jobs, before managing a few part-time ones; which ultimately landed him a position at a reputed bank. As Randy constantly juggles between different small-scale jobs, it is also apparent that Randy has trouble with staying at one home for very long; always missing his payments, or running into trouble with either the landlord, or landlady, Randy always has to resort to an emergency evacuation to get away. It is safe to say that he had to make these evacuations at least four times when it came to his living accommodation. But it wasn’t long after all of these events where Randy began to see his full potential, and he made plans to move to London to write an exam for a financial advisor position, to which he passes. Things start to look good for Randy as he gets the financial advisor position at a major high street bank, but he comes to realise it’s not as glamorous as he had wanted and even in London, Randy still moves in and around houses before getting acquainted with a quirky woman by the name of Nicky, who quickly becomes a constant character in the book and plays a major role in the development of Randy’s character.
Randy’s father, John also plays a major role in his life, constantly offering help and advice to his son, John’s relationship with him is relatively good. The book itself also gives the reader good advice when all things become serious, Johns good friend, Michael, is a major contributor to this as Randy constantly seeks advice from him. Michael said something that really made me ponder over it. To quote, he said,
“Can I just say gently, Randy, that it’s not enough to have some of the information some of the time. Life changes by the second. Blink and you’ve missed it. Go looking for information, question everything and never let yourself get complacent…”
And I had to agree with Randy’s thoughts about this quote; it most certainly was food for thought.
Although the book contained a lot of minor characters, and could be rather confusing to keep up with them, I realised that they were necessary for Randy’s development and because he was the protagonist, it was only natural that characters would constantly come and go. The thing I liked least about the book was that the main character was rather cliché at the beginning, with him being a typical egotistical young adult, but in a brighter light, what I liked most was the humorous events that occurred with his silly antics or how the older woman would always try so hard to seduce him.
It was duly noted that the book was professionally edited, finding very little errors made it pleasing to the eye and a great pleasure to read. However the book did contain certain erotic scenes which would ultimately higher the age restriction, this would mean that the target audience would be young adults who does not mind little bits of erotic scenes. Also the protagonist, Randy, is the epitome of the current generation of young adults when it comes to the outlook of life, social status, and most importantly, the responsibilities of an individual. All in all, this book deserves a good rating, and therefore I am giving this book an amazing rating of 4 out of 4 stars because it is a definite must-read despite its minimum flaws.
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Randy the Irresistible
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