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sammiep16's review against another edition
emotional
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
littletaiko's review against another edition
2.0
Four siblings have their childhood upended when their father dies and their mother who can't cope hides in her bedroom for a year or so. They are resilient though and manage to get by though apparently there are scars from this time that impact them as adults. At least that is what I gather we are supposed to take from this book. The book opens somewhere in the 2070's with some mild dystopian society happening. It's not really an important part of the story so I really don't understand why it was even included. The youngest sibling who became a poet is now an elderly woman telling an audience the story of a great love story. The only problem is that the love story is really rather lame when you get down to it. You spend most of the time with the younger sibling and just when she gets annoying you switch to another sibling and find them to varying degrees of annoying as well. It's one of those books that the longer I think about it the things I disliked really outweigh anything that I did like.
brinysea's review against another edition
5.0
Engrossing family saga. The far future setting was a little disorienting and felt like a loose thread. First person omniscient narrator was an interesting choice. Held my interest until the end.
annhenry's review against another edition
3.0
The title and the content don’t seem to line up. The book was intriguing at times but then boring at others. It was really hard to like any of the characters except Dima.
ellejax's review against another edition
2.0
A family of mentally ill people with addiction issues bumble through time damaging each other and strangers with a weird global warming subplot
hatrireads's review against another edition
3.0
I didn’t expect this book to be so good. I picked this novel up at an airport bookstore and was immediately engrossed in this story. At a reading set in the future, the great poet Fiona Skinner is asked about a person named Luna in one of her most celebrated verses. In answer, Fiona spins a long and winding tale of her family, especially her siblings and their childhood. These children are tested in ways that most are not and they are left with lifelong scars that heal in different ways.