Reviews for Only an Irish Boy

The average rating for Only an Irish Boy based on 2 reviews is 1.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2018-05-03 00:00:00 Stuart Mark Jeffrey Archer wrote this when he was still serving time in prison. So if this is a disappointing effort, then at least there are extenuating circumstances. Shades of Kane and Abel again, twins separated at birth. And as in the usual Archer formula they become competitors later on,even falling for the same girl. One goes to Vietnam and that's a pretty lively account. Then the story drags for a good long while,until one has to defend the other for a murder he did not commit. Later,the two men come face to face as political rivals for the post of governor. Archer then makes liberal use of the story of the controversial US presidential election of the year 2000. Vote recounts,hanging chads,lots of controversy,the story becomes very similar to that election. Too long and comes to life only in parts.

Review # 2 was written on 2013-08-19 00:00:00 Khalil Mahdi Boring! Couldn't get interested in the dull characters and the obvious, plodding story where 2 parallel lives unfailingly continue down similar paths unaware of the other. Typical twin separated at birth plot. I rarely put a book down once I start, but I predicted every page before I read it and realized it just was never going to give me a reason to turn another page.