The Likely Resolutions of Oliver Clock

3.75 rounded up! Oliver makes resolutions in a yellow, dog -eared notebook, whenever his life needs reviving, or whenever he needs to unwind from his job as a funeral director. Excerpt: I must eat less cake. I must stop watching infomercials. I must take up a hobby-making model aeroplanes, perhaps?......more

What a lovely, gentle story Jane Riley has penned for her debut novel. Oliver Clock is 39 years old, he’s a funeral director at his family’s long established and traditional firm. He has a yellow notebook in which he writes his resolutions which start with ‘Thou shalt’! He’s a lovely man, he’s witty......more

I kept hoping that "The Likely Resolutions of Oliver Clock" would completely grab me, but it just never did. It was good enough that I hung in there until the end, but it's one of those rare books where the 3-star rating was evident from beginning to end. "The Likely Resolutions of Oliver Clock" was......more

I just turned the last page of this unique novel and find myself ambivalent regarding its merits. Whilst the writing is solid, the structure well-constructed, there was just something missing. Oliver Clock is a 39 year old man experiencing his very own midlife crisis. His name is significant insomuch......more