A review by luffy79
Oh Danny Boy, by Rhys Bowen

3.0

Books are starting to feel as empty as films as far as I'm concerned. I'm missing too much wordplay and repartee and I'm not able to extract the most of the books that I chose. Take the title 'Death Of Riley' for example. It's derived from an expression 'life of Riley'. I didn't know that until I read Oh Danny Boy, which is itself a referencing title to a song. Yet again, take the example of the Ryan O'Hare character, who is a flaming bisexual metrosexual ahead of his time. He's supposed to be this very witty persona, larger than life. To me he doesn't come across as vibrant. That's because I'm missing too much of the dialog and the jokes. I'm at a crossroad here. Books are turning to be as unimportant as movies. What to do? I must think.