Reviews

The Night of Many Endings by Melissa Payne

socorrobaptista's review

hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

Quando cinco pessoas com pouco ou nada em comum são obrigadas a passar uma noite juntas, muita coisa pode acontecer. Adorei o final e a forma como as conexões interpessoais vão se formando. Identifiquei-me bastante com uma das personagens, a bibliotecária, por vários motivos, entre os quais o gosto pelos livros nem é o mais importante. Muito bom.

lworonka's review

3.5

deep in my netgalley archives lol like 2021 😅 an amazing story about addiction, found family & finding yourself.  i wanted to relate to these characters a little bit more than i did.

chantedsnicker's review against another edition

emotional inspiring 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

4.5

eherold's review

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

beastreader's review against another edition

2.0

I so wanted to like this book more than I did. Sadly, I was not very engaged with the characters, except for Lewis and Jasmine. His story and voice just touched me. He was someone that just hit a few bumps in life and yet, he was trying to turn his life around. Where Jasmine is concerned. She is the example of don't judge a book by its cover. She may have looked like a troubled teen but she had more underneath that layer.

This story started out slowly but when the storm came and everyone was trapped together, it moved at a fairly better pacing. So, if you can stick with this book, it does pick up and get better. I did see promise in this book but just wished that I could have connected with the characters better.

mariaoglesby's review

4.0

So many characters, yet the book managed to focus on them all too well. All with different backgrounds, different stories, and a library

jenbsbooks's review against another edition

3.25

Included in KindleUnlimited, with Kindle and audio included, I liked this, although I don't know if it will stick in my memory. Five very different people, each with tragic backstories, at the library when a winter storm requires them to shelter in place for a while. A little bit of "Breakfast Club" coming together despite differences. 

Maybe I've had too simple a life, but I do have to wonder that five random people could all have SUCH tragedy in their lives. Instead of being inspiring ... I think this depresses me. Maybe my mood at the moment. Just a question of WHY we go on in the world when there is such sadness everywhere. Even though there is the hope and learning along the way, it's just a little hard for me to get past at times. 

I'd commented in a recent read ([book:Whale Talk|49746]) that it was a little hard to swallow, SO much tragedy in such a small group. Definitely the case here too, although for some reason it felt a little more realistic here. Nora was just TOO good though. There were a few other things that were too predictable SPOILER

the whole "she's diabetic" ... I saw that coming and was rolling my eyes that no one there figured it out sooner. It's not like I have a lot of personal experience with it or anything, but still ... obvious!

although other things (the Mario situation) did keep me guessing. 

Five people ... but really only three (Nora, Marlene, Lewis) get the stories told from their POVs. All third person/past tense. Audio had three different narrators (not required in 3rd person, but appreciated on my end) and I liked that the Table of Contents listed the POV (helpful if you are looking back, and remember whose head you were in). 

One little "um what?" moment in the audio - "he put his head on her thigh" ... um what? "palm up" ... yeah okay, that was supposed to be "hand" not "head" ... slipped through the editing. 

I don't know that the title totally fit for me ... I was thinking "After the Storm" but I see that there are already a ton of books with that title, and I know it's better to have something more unique. 

Why couldn't this have been a couple pages longer ... I never really paid that much attention to book length until STORYGRAPH and their dang pie charts. I feel like I had too many "under 300 page" books this month (although I know it all averages out).

cdale8's review

4.0

3.5 rounded up for good character development. A very quiet book that hits hard on the emotions, and telegraphs just what you're going to be hit with. There are no surprises here, and the tidy bow at the end may irk some, but an overall enjoyable read.

_mercury_'s review

3.0

I'd classify this with a book like [b:The Midnight Library|52578297|The Midnight Library|Matt Haig|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1602190253l/52578297._SY75_.jpg|74043794] or some other cheesy self-help book meant to be relatable or heartbreaking or something. Not to say I didn't like it. But to me it's the kind of book you'd see lying around in a therapist's office waiting room.

jodibee's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense 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

4.0