Review: The Roo

The Roo by Alan Baxter
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

OH MY GOD YES

AVOID if you have an aversion to:
-Murderous kangaroos
-Carnage and mayhem
-Blood and gore
-Pointless, graphic violence
-Swearing
-Aussie slang
-Outback livin'

This is a book quite clearly written for the people. The larrakin language was so over the top I was laughing out loud and considered shelving this as 'comedy'. (Side note: 'Strine'?? Round these parts we call it 'Strayan'.) Make sure you read the forward.

There's a handful of typos and continuity errors, too many characters to keep track of, and a slightly too-drilled message about domestic violence - it's no work of literary genius. But it is just a lot of ridiculous, violent fun.

It's a psycho kangaroo hopping around murdering country bumpkins.

Just sit back and enjoy it.

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