Dolphin Girl Scott Neil Books
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Suzy and Josh's fractured relationship is teetering on the brink. Things couldn't get any worse, or so Josh thought. An encounter with a mysterious, beautiful woman is just the beginning. Josh is in trouble. Suzy has had enough. With time running out Josh and three boozing buddies try to fix the mess. What could possibly go wrong? There is a thin line between reality and fantasy in the hard drinking culture of inner city Scotland, and it's about to become a lot thinner as the dynamics of friendship, honesty and ultimately love are placed under scrutiny. Oh, and there's a dolphin in a bathtub too. Dolphin Girl is a contemporary fiction novel that cuts across a number of genres, from comedy romance to men's adventure, urban life and the paranormal. In this British tale with strong characters, set almost entirely in Scotland, there are moments of mystery, suspense and humour. To give added authenticity to the story's setting and characters, there are some Scottish and British colloquial words and phrases sprinkled throughout the book. A short appendix at the end of the book acts as a dictionary resource for readers to look up these words.
Dolphin Girl Scott Neil Books
Scott Neil’s Dolphin Girl is one of the freshest, most original and most imaginative novels I’ve read in many years. It fits roughly into the category of “urban fantasy” but has a combination of elements all its own.The style is immensely readable, fast paced and filled with unexpected twists and turns. The main character, Josh, for all his problems and setbacks (he’s chronically unemployed and drinks too much), is a basically decent guy who becomes an admirable hero. The two female “leads,” Suzy and Katrina, are both very well developed characters. There is a theme of teenage lovers meeting again later on that is treated in a wholly unpredictable and compelling way.
Having been to Scotland several times in recent years, I also found the working class Edinburgh setting to be fascinating: it’s a side of the city you don’t see as a tourist, or even as a longer term visitor, and Dolphin Girl has fleshed out in retrospect my time there as a traveller. The amazing bridge across the memorably named Firth of Forth, which adorns the back cover, plays an interesting role in the book, as does the F of F itself. Finally, the transformational dolphin is also a great character, partly as a catalyst for all the well intentioned bungling that goes on around her, and also in her own right.
I wondered often while reading what such a well-pictured and tautly plotted novel might look like on the big screen. I enthusiastically recommend Dolphin Girl to anyone looking for a unique kind of read: down to earth, exceptionally well written, and with a moral compass not always found in contemporary novels.
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Dolphin Girl Scott Neil Books Reviews
This book was entered in The Wishing Shelf Book Awards. This is what our readers thought
Title Dolphin Girl
Author Scott Neil
Star Rating 4 Stars
Number of Readers 15
Stats
Editing 7/10
Style 6/10
Content 8/10
Cover 9/10
Of the 15 readers
9 would read another book by this author.
14 thought the cover was good or excellent.
9 felt the original plot was the best part.
7 felt it was too slow-paced.
11 loved the comic elements.
Readers’ Comments
‘I liked the Scottish setting and the writing style (although it is a little plodding in parts). The comedy is well written as is the romance. Also, the ending was good. All in all, a pretty good read. Just too slow.’ Female reader, aged 34
‘Unpredictable, interesting characters, even the odd comic moment. Slow to get going but gets better with every turn of the page. I even liked the cover.’ Male reader, aged 47
‘A very original plot. In fact, for me, that was the best part. The drinking culture in Scotland was well handled but very depressing. Also, the novel suffers from slow pacing. But the characters and highly amusing plot save it. If you enjoy slow novels, yet highly original and with a fine cast of characters, you’ll probably enjoy this.’ Male reader, aged 59
‘Has a sort of roguish charm. But of a boys’ book. Lots of drinking humour thrown in. Well described setting. Took too long to get going.’ Female reader, aged 38
‘A highly original comic novel.’ The Wishing Shelf Book Awards
Most of this story uses the Scottish brogue, which is easy to understand and if not, there is a section at the end that sets out Scottish words and their meanings. Much of this story is humorous and amusing because there are these men who no longer work, drink heavily and their dialogue is typical of men in their cups. Suzy and Josh live in Edinburgh, Scotland, are in their early thirties, but their marriage is on the rocks. After they first married, Josh became injured, which led him into drinking hard and steady, subsisting on the pension he received from his accident. Suzy worked to support them until he had healed enough, but Josh spends every afternoon drinking with his fellow drinkers. Both Josh and Suzy are extremely unhappy, but they are so encased in their bitter emotions that it looks like nothing can ever get better.
One night coming home and walking by the edge of the dock abutting the ocean, Josh is hailed by a mysterious, beautiful woman, who calls herself Dolly and asks to borrow his bathtub. She is really a dolphin and when in a human body, weakens rapidly. When in high school, Josh had been the boyfriend of Katrina, now a marine scientist, and at that time they found Dolly as a young dolphin being kicked by teen boys and Josh and Katrina saved her. That is why Dolly sought him out. In the meantime some little boys see Dolly as a dolphin in Josh’s bathtub and tells the police. Katrina as a marine scientist comes to investigate the situation since it is illegal to keep a dolphin at home.
Dolly’s dolphin sonar no longer works since she apparently has a viral disease and her pod will be down at the beach in four days and she must meet up with them or she will eventually die. With time running out to get Dolly down to the beach in time to join her pod, Josh and three boozing buddies try to fix the mess. Before Josh can help Dolly, Katrina and the government come and take the dolphin when Josh is gone. In the meantime Suzy finds out there is another woman in the house, not realizing she is a dolphin, becomes heart-broken thinking Josh has another lover. Josh and his buddies steal a van with a water tank large enough to hold Dolly as a dolphin; although the tank holds her, the outside of the truck advertises it as holding a seal so the van is highly noticeable. The balance of the story is first one mess and then another occurring, delaying them to get Dolly to where her pod will be, and evading the police department, which is looking for them also. Dolphin Girl is a contemporary fiction novel that cuts across a number of genres from comedy romance to men's adventure, urban life and the paranormal. This book is a fast read, but at the end the reader feels refreshed and entertained by this mishmash of events
What an awfully depressing story and slow narrative!
The title and reviews (not only readers but other book websites) catalog this an incredible engaging book. What a deception!
Depressing settings, characters. The author takes an incredible long time to describe things sort of like if he were being paid by the word...
My goodness... if this is what it is like for some scotts , man ! Get out of there! I started reading it in a good mood and ended up depressed after a few pages...
I hope some people read this before they buy it...
did not enjoy the story line
Scott Neil’s Dolphin Girl is one of the freshest, most original and most imaginative novels I’ve read in many years. It fits roughly into the category of “urban fantasy” but has a combination of elements all its own.
The style is immensely readable, fast paced and filled with unexpected twists and turns. The main character, Josh, for all his problems and setbacks (he’s chronically unemployed and drinks too much), is a basically decent guy who becomes an admirable hero. The two female “leads,” Suzy and Katrina, are both very well developed characters. There is a theme of teenage lovers meeting again later on that is treated in a wholly unpredictable and compelling way.
Having been to Scotland several times in recent years, I also found the working class Edinburgh setting to be fascinating it’s a side of the city you don’t see as a tourist, or even as a longer term visitor, and Dolphin Girl has fleshed out in retrospect my time there as a traveller. The amazing bridge across the memorably named Firth of Forth, which adorns the back cover, plays an interesting role in the book, as does the F of F itself. Finally, the transformational dolphin is also a great character, partly as a catalyst for all the well intentioned bungling that goes on around her, and also in her own right.
I wondered often while reading what such a well-pictured and tautly plotted novel might look like on the big screen. I enthusiastically recommend Dolphin Girl to anyone looking for a unique kind of read down to earth, exceptionally well written, and with a moral compass not always found in contemporary novels.
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