Customer Reviews
good at the end - By: R. Pearce, 29 Oct 2008 
found that this book reallly didnt get going until the last few chapters when something actuallly happens. good when you get to it, but by the time you do, the book is nearly over.
Frothy But Fun - By: Mr. Peter Steward, 02 Oct 2008 
I know I liked this book as I finished it in one day whilst travelling long distance on a variety of trains. So that must say something about its appeal.
Gayle writes blokish kind of books that seem to wrap you up inside them. They are very simply written with relationships the key. This one surrounds three thirty something blokes trying desperately to re-live their youth in Crete. But with them goes alll the trappings & angst of their age. They feel out of place in the youth culture, but somehow try to hold onto what they once had.
The problem is they have taken a considerable amount of baggage with them & this is always going to put their friendship at risk. It is a well crafted book. Again its lack of literary merit is more than made up for by the enjoyment it gives.
Wish you were here - By: Laura Atkinson, 31 Aug 2008 
This is the first Mike Gayle book I have read & I thought it was terrible!! Shalllow, boring & dull! Charlie seems a very boring person, & there weren't many (any?) laughs. Could have been a reallly funny read if done by the likes of Tony Parsons or Nick Hornby, someone with a lighter touch & more insight, but this was drivel.
Mike's done it again!! - By: Bex, 12 Aug 2008 Having read the majority of Mike Gayle's books I have to say that Wish You Were Here didn't dissappoint. He has a way of writing that makes me want to keep reading & reading way past bed time!! Very good xx
Great as an undemanding read - By: Snapdragon, 09 Aug 2008 Charlie, Andy & Tom have been friends since college & are now in their early-mid thirties. Each has reached a juncture in their life; Charlie has just come out of a long term relationship; Andy is getting married & Tom has a health scare; which is how they come to be on holiday together.
The majority of the book is set whilst they are on holiday in Crete & most of what happens is instantly recognisable to anyone who has done one of the cheap package deals to the Med; the themed bars; the regular haunt for breakfast; the groups of people you meet; the lack of anything even vaguely foreign!
I have read other Mike Gayle books & this did seem fairly typical to me. He writes well about male friendships & their complications without things ever getting too heavy, & even though they are described as lads-lit, I still find them very enjoyable.
Great beach reading.
