The Big Comb Over by J.P. Rieger📘Book Info
Three nephews and three eccentric uncles.
It's 2050 and Robbie Elders has all but forgotten about his oddball, religious fanatic uncle, tim tim. He's taken up the latest fad, genealogical research based solely on DNA. But Robbie's "inconclusive" DNA results are unsettling. He crashes back to his childhood, back to his world of comic books and tim tim.
"I opt for posh and London" declares Lady Florence Stour. It's 2019 and time for a Royal Wedding. Robbie's uncle, Stef, is engaged to Lady Florence, a distant member of the British royal family. Stef's Baltimore clan have been invited, but Robbie's mom and dad can't attend. They've entrusted Robbie and big brother, Doyle, to their mom's two eccentric brothers, uncles Roy and Roland. Roy, a weathered waterman with a severe Baltimore accent, lives for Maryland blue crabs. Roland, a mildly hypochondriacal actor, lives to survive the Karens he unavoidably encounters. And then there's Desales, Roy's smart aleck, teenage son. He lives to prank. They've descended upon London. What could possibly go wrong?
Meanwhile, tim tim has been coaching Robbie on "the mission." A silly religious fantasy according to Robbie's atheist parents and the therapists. Or perhaps not? Things are not always as they appear in The Big Comb Over.
💭Our Thoughts
It took me a couple of chapters to assimilate
But once it was complete
I had so much fun hanging out with Robbie and his "family"
The storyline does the time warp, current timeline then back to previous events then back to the present, to get the vast amount of background and character information downloaded to the reader
It did take me a few chapters to get to know who was who and what was what but after I got that down the rest was an absolute ab crunching, laugh out loud, mishap here, and oops moment there, thrill ride a chapter
A great read that delves into family ties and how the dysfunctional is actually functional.
Well for the most part
And don't fear all those moments that left you with more questions than answers, you get them eventually
Patience
Authors Website➱ http://www.jpaulrieger.net
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