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3.8 AVERAGE
3.8 AVERAGE
Loved this book! After the death of their mother, sisters Katie and Mia handle things differently. Katie settles her mothers affairs and continues on with her life, while Mia drops everything and takes off an a trip around the world with her best friend Finn.
The book opens with Katie getting the news that Mia has been found dead in Bali, with authorities claiming all evidence points to suicide. Katie has a difficult time believing her vibrant sister would kill herself. Katie receives Mia's possessions from her trip and finds her travel journal. Deciding she needs to find out what happened to Mia, she sets out to follow the path her sister took using the journal. Along the way, Katie gets to know her sister and finds out some truths about herself. Truths she may not necessarily want to know, and that which may change her perspective on her entire family.
The book is told from alternative perspectives, which I always love, but really seemed to work in this book. I loved getting a glimpse of what both sisters were thinking and feeling. I felt like I was alongside both girls throughout their travels. I could almost smell the eucalyptus trees.
Warning, though, this book will give you serious wanderlust. If you're anything like me, you've already got the travel bug bad. This book will not help the urge to drop everything and take off.
Definitely check this out if you like complex sister relationships, travel, and enough mystery to keep you questioning yourself. I don't have a sister, but Clarke's writing made it clear what a complex relationship sisters have. There really seems to be a fine line between love and hate.
The book opens with Katie getting the news that Mia has been found dead in Bali, with authorities claiming all evidence points to suicide. Katie has a difficult time believing her vibrant sister would kill herself. Katie receives Mia's possessions from her trip and finds her travel journal. Deciding she needs to find out what happened to Mia, she sets out to follow the path her sister took using the journal. Along the way, Katie gets to know her sister and finds out some truths about herself. Truths she may not necessarily want to know, and that which may change her perspective on her entire family.
The book is told from alternative perspectives, which I always love, but really seemed to work in this book. I loved getting a glimpse of what both sisters were thinking and feeling. I felt like I was alongside both girls throughout their travels. I could almost smell the eucalyptus trees.
Warning, though, this book will give you serious wanderlust. If you're anything like me, you've already got the travel bug bad. This book will not help the urge to drop everything and take off.
Definitely check this out if you like complex sister relationships, travel, and enough mystery to keep you questioning yourself. I don't have a sister, but Clarke's writing made it clear what a complex relationship sisters have. There really seems to be a fine line between love and hate.
It was well written. Interesting story and lovely conclusion. Read because it was a Richard and Judy book. Not as strong as they usually are but a good book anyway.
A quick read, good for a holiday.
A quick read, good for a holiday.
I don't know what I was expecting but it wasn't this from the cover.
Katie and her sister, Mia have a difficult relationship but nevertheless, Katie is devastated when she gets a visit from the police to say Mia's body has been found at the bottom of a cliff. Katie sets out to retrace Mia's movements leading up to her death. She refuses to believe that Mia has committed suicide as the police suspect.
I don't normally enjoy books that flit between 2 characters as much as this book but this story pulled me in. I found myself wanting to know whether Mia was pushed or jumped. An easy, quick read - good for a holiday read.
Katie and her sister, Mia have a difficult relationship but nevertheless, Katie is devastated when she gets a visit from the police to say Mia's body has been found at the bottom of a cliff. Katie sets out to retrace Mia's movements leading up to her death. She refuses to believe that Mia has committed suicide as the police suspect.
I don't normally enjoy books that flit between 2 characters as much as this book but this story pulled me in. I found myself wanting to know whether Mia was pushed or jumped. An easy, quick read - good for a holiday read.
This is fluff, reading that requires no thought and sometimes that is not a bad thing. However this was a little like eating a McDonalds, quick, not particularly satisfying and leaves you wishing you had made a better choice.
The writing is not great, she uses the same phrases again and again, I lost count of the number of times someone woke up with their dress twisted around their waist. The sex scenes are bland and seem to always involve licking! There is no depth to the characters and the ending is week.
There are odd touching moments and it was not an unpleasant read hence the two stars rather than the one. Not a book I would recommend though.
The writing is not great, she uses the same phrases again and again, I lost count of the number of times someone woke up with their dress twisted around their waist. The sex scenes are bland and seem to always involve licking! There is no depth to the characters and the ending is week.
There are odd touching moments and it was not an unpleasant read hence the two stars rather than the one. Not a book I would recommend though.
I had to give this book five stars based purely on how much I loved the complexity of the relationship between the two sisters; it just captured me and I could really relate to each sibling and how they reacted to what happened in their lives. I couldn't put this book down and I feel quite bereft to have finished it.
Wow, what a beautifully written book! I really enjoyed the side-by-side stories as Katie followed in Mia's footsteps and the slow reveal of everything that happened. My one beef with the story is that all the random little twists and turns were, for the most part, incredibly predictable. At no point did I find myself going, "Wow, I never saw that coming!", which is kind of a bummer. But, that certainly doesn't detract from the fact that this is a poignant, thought-provoking and sometimes frustrating story. All the characters have flaws, all of them make mistakes, but it's hard to stay upset at them because they've also all been hurt by someone they loved and trusted. It's incredibly realistic.
Eigenlijk 3.5 maar ach het is haar debuut dus toch een 4!
Prachtige roman over 2 zussen: Katie en Mia,
maar het verhaal gaat over zoveel meer: liefde, vriendschap, reizen, verdriet, leugens en waarheid,...
ook de rol van de zee vond ik integrerend.
Op zich een zeer mooie roman, zeker voor een debuut!
Clarke heeft een fijne schrijfstijl, leuke afwisseling van perspectieven tussen de 2 zussen en een mooie rol voor het dagboek, mannelijke personages ook zeer goed uitgewerkt. Af en toe wel wat voorspelbaar maar nooit zo erg dat het stoorde.
Kortom: een goede summerread en een auteur om in de gaten te houden!
Prachtige roman over 2 zussen: Katie en Mia,
maar het verhaal gaat over zoveel meer: liefde, vriendschap, reizen, verdriet, leugens en waarheid,...
ook de rol van de zee vond ik integrerend.
Op zich een zeer mooie roman, zeker voor een debuut!
Clarke heeft een fijne schrijfstijl, leuke afwisseling van perspectieven tussen de 2 zussen en een mooie rol voor het dagboek, mannelijke personages ook zeer goed uitgewerkt. Af en toe wel wat voorspelbaar maar nooit zo erg dat het stoorde.
Kortom: een goede summerread en een auteur om in de gaten te houden!
adventurous
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated