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I rarely read books in this genre - suspense, thriller(?), so I don't have much to compare against. Regardless, I know what/when I enjoy reading something and this novel was a great read.
All That Is Lost Between Us is more of a contemporary, psychological novel, where every member of the Turner family is thoroughly dissected. The Turners are a middle-class family, who have slowly been drifting apart.
Not unlike in many other families, the mum, Anya, is the glue that holds them together, she's the nurturer, the worrier and the warrior, but lately she feels like she doesn't know her kids, Georgia, seventeen, and Zac, fourteen. As for her husband, Callum, she barely sees him anymore, as he's never home, having become a volunteer rescuer, on top of his day job.
I loved how Sara Foster went about giving each and every character a voice, we really get to know them so well, as the novel is made up of chapters of each character's point of view. What I thought was quite different was the fact that Anya's point of view was written in the first person, whereas all the other member's of the family speak to us via the third person narrative.
This novel is extremely realistic. What the Turners go through is relatable. The minutiae and busyness of life make it so easy for people to live together but actually live very separate lives. Anya's fears of losing connection with her kids and husband are palpable, it's hard not to empathise and worry alongside her.
It's so much more difficult raising kids these days than it was a few decades before when there were no social networking, no mobile phones with cameras. We've all done silly things in our youth, but we got away with it, as it wasn't posted on the internet for perpetuity and for the whole wide world to see and comment on it.
Sara Foster does a great job of showcasing some of the dangers of social networking. One unintended mistake can have dramatic consequences.
I won't say much more, as I don't want to give away too much.
If you have the opportunity, do read this as it's well written, compelling, realistic and relatable, and the suspense/thriller bits are also very well done.
Cover: 3 stars - The photographer in me grumbles about that strong dark vignette at the top, as that's so passé. Also, I'm not crazy about the colouring.
I rarely read books in this genre - suspense, thriller(?), so I don't have much to compare against. Regardless, I know what/when I enjoy reading something and this novel was a great read.
All That Is Lost Between Us is more of a contemporary, psychological novel, where every member of the Turner family is thoroughly dissected. The Turners are a middle-class family, who have slowly been drifting apart.
Not unlike in many other families, the mum, Anya, is the glue that holds them together, she's the nurturer, the worrier and the warrior, but lately she feels like she doesn't know her kids, Georgia, seventeen, and Zac, fourteen. As for her husband, Callum, she barely sees him anymore, as he's never home, having become a volunteer rescuer, on top of his day job.
I loved how Sara Foster went about giving each and every character a voice, we really get to know them so well, as the novel is made up of chapters of each character's point of view. What I thought was quite different was the fact that Anya's point of view was written in the first person, whereas all the other member's of the family speak to us via the third person narrative.
This novel is extremely realistic. What the Turners go through is relatable. The minutiae and busyness of life make it so easy for people to live together but actually live very separate lives. Anya's fears of losing connection with her kids and husband are palpable, it's hard not to empathise and worry alongside her.
It's so much more difficult raising kids these days than it was a few decades before when there were no social networking, no mobile phones with cameras. We've all done silly things in our youth, but we got away with it, as it wasn't posted on the internet for perpetuity and for the whole wide world to see and comment on it.
Sara Foster does a great job of showcasing some of the dangers of social networking. One unintended mistake can have dramatic consequences.
I won't say much more, as I don't want to give away too much.
If you have the opportunity, do read this as it's well written, compelling, realistic and relatable, and the suspense/thriller bits are also very well done.
Cover: 3 stars - The photographer in me grumbles about that strong dark vignette at the top, as that's so passé. Also, I'm not crazy about the colouring.
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