Time to Retire Jon Foyt Books
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Mystery and Romance abound in this novel set in an active adult retirement community. Follow local reporters, Willy (himself nearing retirement) and Sally, as they investigate the suicide of a prominent resident and the lifestyles of aging retirees.
Time to Retire Jon Foyt Books
I chose to read the book because the title makes the book sound interesting and because I am retired and living in a retirement community.The book was easy to read and it was interesting.
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Time to Retire Jon Foyt Books Reviews
Time to Retire, A Novel
Jon Foyt
North Charleston, SC
CreateSpace, 2014
ISBN 13 9781480075696
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Reviewed by Don Sharpes
Assuming you have enough resources to retire, you only need to decide where you want to reside and what kind of entertainment and support activities you need to find satisfaction in your declining years. One of those activities might be reading novels, even ones about retirement. Jon Foyt has written such a novel, Time to Retire. I recommend you read it.
If you live in a planned retirement community you will find his descriptions of life in such a community vivid, and his engaging dialogues, are very likely similar to those where you live. You may hope that where you live is not a scene from a haunted or homicidal community, or where greedy administrators find opportunities to bilk their clients.
In this setting, there’s the occasional murder and suicide, financial theft and malfeasance of community finances, secretive computer lists of the private data of senior citizens, medical fraud, seniors meeting new partners after traumatic divorces, and general hanky-panky amongst Board members. It’s like living in a village concocted by Agatha Christie for Miss Marple.
After the discovery of a body along a trail used by day hikers, there’s a long cast of the usual suspects, reminiscent of people like you probably know, and a description of their exploits and behaviors. There is insightful dialogue about the elderly, a topic you may yourself have an active interest in, including how retirees actually live, and what kind of seemingly trustworthy individuals provide what kind of services for them.
The procession of chapters in this novel, often introducing a new facet of life in a retirement community, becomes a vehicle for a parade of activities that typically occur in such communities. I believe this is bulky narrative padding with incidental anecdotes and a long laundry list of new characters, but not as many as might be found in a Russian novel. I resisted the effort to write down the characters as they appeared so I could keep track of where they might emerge later as a suspect. As it turned out, most were just filler, probably typical of a retirement community, but in the end peripheral to the story.
This technique weakens the central narrative and reduces the suspense of what is essentially a detective story about finding and exposing those who commit fraud and murder among vulnerable seniors.
For weak senior eyes, there is only an average of five pages per chapter, enough to read a couple of chapters between naps.
Despite what I consider distracting dialogues about the conditions of life in a retirement community, thereby disrupting the suspense, and the underlying dialogues in the narrative about the ageing process, the concluding chapters race to a denouement that resolves all the mysteries, and considers one unresolved new dilemma.
My conclusion Let’s hope that Jon Foyt doesn’t retire from writing and works on a sequel.
What do you do when you retire? Many think that old people just have way too much time on their hands, which is really what retirement is all about—finally getting to do what you want to do. For me, I’d spend all my time reading, writing, and traveling. However, Willy Herbst just can’t shake off his reporter’s instincts. Something is going on at Sunset Gardens, and Willy is determined to find out what.
As we dive into the story, the author presents some background and historical information on the scenes and characters. It acutely describes retirement living.
I was intrigued by the mysterious conspiracies of the retirement community and was looking forward to the unveiling, but my efforts were waned by the slow pace of the plot. For the most part, the writing was satisfactory and contained that small dose of “old timer” humor; however, it was not enough to hold my interest.
Actual rating 3.5 of 5 stars
I wasn't sure what to think when I got a review request for Time to Retire. First off, it's going to be a long long time before I'm even thinking about retirement, considering I'm only seventeen years old. So, I accepted the request because of exactly that, I didn't want to think I let a good book slip by(and from that synopsis it sounds pretty good, right?) based solely on the matter of an age gap. I can't say I'm disappointed, but I definitely understand that this book really is best read by someone who really is at or near retirement.
I must say, though, the story is really engaging and one that I would happily hand to either of my grandparents or even my dad. The characters were pretty well developed and I love the car on the cover(off subject, I know)! The ending was a bit unexpected, and quite amusing. The whole book was pretty amusing, actually, there is just the right amounts of both mystery/suspense and humor to make it an altogether entertaining tale. Although I wouldn't recommend to someone my age or someone college age, I certainly would recommend to, like I said, those who are on the brink of, or are already, retirees. Which, of course, is who the book is targeted for in the first place. I would definitely suggest you head on out and buy this for your parents or grandparents as I truly think they'd enjoy it.
*I received this book for review for Mr. Foyt via his publicist. This, however, in no way affected my review or opinion.*
I chose to read the book because the title makes the book sound interesting and because I am retired and living in a retirement community.
The book was easy to read and it was interesting.
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