A journal style novel which recalls a series of e-romances of Trevor’s cyber persona ‘Lord Brett Sinclair’. The attraction of a journal style novel is to satisfy our curiousity of other people’s lives; there are no unnecessary descriptions of detail and focuses on the incidents and feelings. This is exactly why Bridget Jones’ Diary was a big success - it was also due to the fact that Bridget was embarassing yet hilarious (a bit like David Brent in The Office), and Helen Fielding is a gifted writer with great sense of humour.
Unfortunately, Dave Roberts’ E-Luv is not in the same league. His ‘adventures’ might be a little unusual but nothing unheard of - if anyone who is ready to throw themselves into trouble like Trevor does, anything could happen. It was not witty when he invited his cyber lover and her daughter (from across the Atlantic) to move in with him whilst being dishonest about his appearance, medical situation and pretty much everything else. It was painful to read but not especially funny.
Two stars out of five - if it was published five years ago before the many ridiculous e-romances were exposed in tabloid media, it would have been more amusing.