The Granny by Brendan O’Carroll Review

Reviewed by David Savage

The Granny is the third book in the Agnes Browne (Mrs Brown’s Boys) trilogy by Brendan O’Carroll. With all the Browne children now grown up and leaving home to go their own ways Agnes Browne becomes a granny at 47 when Mark and Betty have their first child.

Some of the children have gone on to lead very successful lives while Cathy is stuck in a bad marriage, Dermot ends up in prison for manslaughter along with his best mate Buster and Trevor moves to England. Agnes finds the break-up of the family hard to deal with but with her lover Pierre by her side she copes.

She now has Mark as a successful manager director of his own company and Trevor has his own business illustrating children’s books that isn’t going too well until Dermot helps him out.

Overall, while not as humorous as the previous 2 novels it is still packed with humour along with sadness they keeps you turning the page. Very well written with the characters have gotten stronger since the first novel and you feel for every one of them.

A great book about the Browne family spirit and how despite how much it bends it will never be broken.

A truly great read. Highly recommend. All 3 books have been superbly written and are a great joy to read filled with laughter and sadness.

Rating  5/5

RRP: £8.99 (Paperback) / £5.99 (Kindle)

Available to buy from Amazon here.