Book Review - :Logging Off by Nick Spalding

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Title: Logging Off

Author: Nick Spalding

Format reviewed: Ebook

Source: Netgalley

Publisher: Lake Union Publishing

Publication Date: 23rd April 2020

Rating: 5 Stars

Andy Bellows is in a right state. Plagued with insomnia, anxiety and neckache, he’s convinced there’s something seriously wrong with him. And the worst thing is that his doctor agrees. The diagnosis: Andy is in the grip of a self-destructive addiction to technology—he just cannot put that bloody mobile phone down.

Texting, tweeting, gaming and online dating—technology rules Andy’s life. His phone even monitors his bowel movements. So how will he cope when he’s forced to follow doctor’s orders and step away from all of his beloved screens?

When he loses his precious digital window on the world, Andy discovers just how bewildering and scary living an analogue life can be. And when his sixty-day detox hits the headlines—making him a hero to suffering technophiles everywhere—Andy is sorely tempted to pack it all in and escape in the nearest Uber.

Can he get himself out of this mess, and work out how to live a better, technologically balanced life…without consulting Google even once?

I think this may be Nick Spalding's funniest and best book to date. 

I lost track of the amounts of times I was giggling or laughing out loud, which had I been anywhere busier than I was, may have resulted in me getting some odd looks. 

From the first few lines I was drawn in, and utterly exhausted by just how much Andy Bellows relies of the internet and social media.  

If ever there was a man in need of a digital detox it's Andy, and thankfully after a rather embarrassing pitch for a job that went a bit awry, he sees a doctor and that is exactly what is prescribed. 

I loved seeing how Andy tries to cope with his new normal,  and there are just so many fabulous instances or him trying to get re-used to analogue life!

I loved the Mendips and the duck pond I loved the personal ad date, the pug in a wizard costume was hilarious, and initially just Andy's pure confusion on how on earth to order a takeaway or how to pick one was amusing. 

Andy is very easy to relate to, after all haven't most people occasionally wondered if they may be a tad addicted to their screens! I know I am!

This was a hilarious joy to read, give or take a few descriptions that I feel could possibly come under the heading of TMI, when it comes to his bowel movements!  

Loved every second of this, and this is easily Nick Spalding at his finest. 

Thank you to Lake Union Publishing and Netgalley for this copy which I have reviewed honestly and voluntarily.