Reviews

Notes on Your Sudden Disappearance by Alison Espach

elizabeth_its_liz_reading's review against another edition

4.0

I went into this book without knowing much about it and was expecting a mystery, based on title alone. Once I realized it wasn’t and settled in, I really enjoyed this book. The tone is very strange - kind of deadpan funny at times while also being very melancholic. The author did an excellent job of writing multi-faceted characters and she made me feel empathetic toward each one.

I recommend this one for folks who like character-focused coming of age stories. And now that I’m thinking about it, it maybe gave me a bit of Sally Rooney vibes (except the author uses quotation marks

ragnatela's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This book reminded me of Thunderstruck and Other Stories: it has the strength, the energy and the wit of a short story, but somehow the author manages to keep it alive for 350 pages.
A beautiful story of grief and love, touching in its simplicity. By the end of it I was completely broken.

Even more interesting after this book presentation.

(June 2024)

besidemyshelf's review

emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.5

bas1007's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

ayeamina's review against another edition

4.0

4.5 || “what is grief, if not love persevering?”

jpfeffer19's review

dark emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

bookward's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

amandasev's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

stephie17's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

parkereg's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0