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3.7 AVERAGE
3.7 AVERAGE
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Das Cover ist in einem tollen Blau mit einer lilafarbenen Skyline von Sydney am unteren Ende und einem ebenso lilanem Flugzeug, das in den Himmel abhebt. Es passt sehr gut zur Geschichte, finde ich.
Meine Meinung
Lucy in the Sky ist nicht der erste Roman den ich von Paige Toon, aber der erste den man lesen sollte. Ich werde ganz zum Schluss die „Empfehlenswerte Reihenfolge“ noch anfügen.
Ich kannte den Schreibstil von Paige Toon bereits aus einem anderen Roman, den ich vorher gelesen habe und wusste, was auf mich zukommt. Wobei das jetzt ziemlich negativ klingt. Sie hat eine relativ einfache Art zu schreiben, die ich sehr schön und ziemlich entspannend finde. Man wird direkt ins Leben der Protagonistin geschubst, die sich gerade auf dem Flug von London nach Sydney befindet, um dort ihre beste Freundin aus Kindertagen zu besuchen, die heiraten wird. Noch bevor sie abgehoben hat, erhält Lucy eine SMS vom Handy ihres Freundes in der steht, dass er gerade Sex mit einer anderen Frau in ihrem Bett gehabt hätte. Lucy ist natürlich völlig aufgelöst und will sofort wissen, was los ist. Da das Flugzeug startet, muss sie ihr Handy ausschalten, und bis Singapur ausharren, ehe sie ihren Freund zur Rede stellen kann.
Und damit fängt auch das Chaos an. Lucy weiß nicht mehr, ob sie James vertrauen kann, denn er hat schon immer die Wahrheit etwas überstrapaziert. Außerdem sollte sie sich ja eigentlich auf die Hochzeit von Molly und Sam ihren Freunden aus Kindertagen konzentrieren und dann ist da auch noch Sams jüngerer Bruder Nathan, der sich von einem eigenbrötlerischen Teenager zu einem ziemlich heißen Surfer-Boy verwandelt hat. Lucy ist verwirrt.
Zurück in England bleibt sie bei James und versucht verzweifelt Nathan aus ihren Gedanken zu verdrängen. So viel zum Plot.
Kaum aus dem Urlaub zurück musste ich mir dieses Buch (und die restlichen von Paige Toon) sofort kaufen und lesen. Innerhalb von drei Tagen habe ich alle fünf Paige Toon Bücher verschlungen. Sie hat einfach eine romantische Art zu schreiben und man fühlt sich ihren Protagonistinnen verbunden. Vielleicht mögen sie manchmal etwas überspitzt sein, aber immerhin handelt es sich um ein Buch. Lucy fand ich besonders sympathisch da sie trotz der Verliebtheit, die sie Nathan gegenüber empfindet, versucht ihr Leben normal weiter zu leben. Sie stürzt sich nicht sofort in eine Affäre und bleibt ihrem Freund treu.
Die Autorin vermittelt einem das Lebensgefühl der einzelnen Figuren ziemlich gut. Obwohl ich nie das Bedürfnis gespürt habe Australien zu sehen (wegen der Spinnen und sonstigen Krabbeltierchen) möchte ich nach diesen Büchern unbedingt einmal dort hin und am liebsten in einem Freizeitpark arbeiten. Paige Toon hat mich mit ihren Büchern total verzaubert. England fand ich schon immer toll, doch jetzt möchte ich unbedingt wieder dorthin und mir einige der realen Orte aus den Büchern ansehen.
Die Bücher von Paige Toon sind die perfekte Sommerlektüre. Ich liebe sie einfach alle!
Wertung (5/5)
Das Cover ist in einem tollen Blau mit einer lilafarbenen Skyline von Sydney am unteren Ende und einem ebenso lilanem Flugzeug, das in den Himmel abhebt. Es passt sehr gut zur Geschichte, finde ich.
Meine Meinung
Lucy in the Sky ist nicht der erste Roman den ich von Paige Toon, aber der erste den man lesen sollte. Ich werde ganz zum Schluss die „Empfehlenswerte Reihenfolge“ noch anfügen.
Ich kannte den Schreibstil von Paige Toon bereits aus einem anderen Roman, den ich vorher gelesen habe und wusste, was auf mich zukommt. Wobei das jetzt ziemlich negativ klingt. Sie hat eine relativ einfache Art zu schreiben, die ich sehr schön und ziemlich entspannend finde. Man wird direkt ins Leben der Protagonistin geschubst, die sich gerade auf dem Flug von London nach Sydney befindet, um dort ihre beste Freundin aus Kindertagen zu besuchen, die heiraten wird. Noch bevor sie abgehoben hat, erhält Lucy eine SMS vom Handy ihres Freundes in der steht, dass er gerade Sex mit einer anderen Frau in ihrem Bett gehabt hätte. Lucy ist natürlich völlig aufgelöst und will sofort wissen, was los ist. Da das Flugzeug startet, muss sie ihr Handy ausschalten, und bis Singapur ausharren, ehe sie ihren Freund zur Rede stellen kann.
Und damit fängt auch das Chaos an. Lucy weiß nicht mehr, ob sie James vertrauen kann, denn er hat schon immer die Wahrheit etwas überstrapaziert. Außerdem sollte sie sich ja eigentlich auf die Hochzeit von Molly und Sam ihren Freunden aus Kindertagen konzentrieren und dann ist da auch noch Sams jüngerer Bruder Nathan, der sich von einem eigenbrötlerischen Teenager zu einem ziemlich heißen Surfer-Boy verwandelt hat. Lucy ist verwirrt.
Zurück in England bleibt sie bei James und versucht verzweifelt Nathan aus ihren Gedanken zu verdrängen. So viel zum Plot.
Kaum aus dem Urlaub zurück musste ich mir dieses Buch (und die restlichen von Paige Toon) sofort kaufen und lesen. Innerhalb von drei Tagen habe ich alle fünf Paige Toon Bücher verschlungen. Sie hat einfach eine romantische Art zu schreiben und man fühlt sich ihren Protagonistinnen verbunden. Vielleicht mögen sie manchmal etwas überspitzt sein, aber immerhin handelt es sich um ein Buch. Lucy fand ich besonders sympathisch da sie trotz der Verliebtheit, die sie Nathan gegenüber empfindet, versucht ihr Leben normal weiter zu leben. Sie stürzt sich nicht sofort in eine Affäre und bleibt ihrem Freund treu.
Die Autorin vermittelt einem das Lebensgefühl der einzelnen Figuren ziemlich gut. Obwohl ich nie das Bedürfnis gespürt habe Australien zu sehen (wegen der Spinnen und sonstigen Krabbeltierchen) möchte ich nach diesen Büchern unbedingt einmal dort hin und am liebsten in einem Freizeitpark arbeiten. Paige Toon hat mich mit ihren Büchern total verzaubert. England fand ich schon immer toll, doch jetzt möchte ich unbedingt wieder dorthin und mir einige der realen Orte aus den Büchern ansehen.
Die Bücher von Paige Toon sind die perfekte Sommerlektüre. Ich liebe sie einfach alle!
Wertung (5/5)
2.5 stars.
A little bit disappointed in this book, I normally enjoy Paige Toon's characters a lot more! Lucy just seemed incredibly immature during the whole book, and the way she suspected James but then just accepted his explanations without a though was infuriating. And the fact that she carried on with Nathan - not cheating but kind of cheating - yet got annoyed with James if things seemed off with him. The way things ended with James didn't really rectify how Lucy had been with Nathan in my opinion.
I did enjoy seeing Meg make an appearance, I'm presuming that was our Nutmeg from Johnny Be Good before Johnny! I'll have to reread it now to see if she mentions Tom as I can't remember!
A little bit disappointed in this book, I normally enjoy Paige Toon's characters a lot more! Lucy just seemed incredibly immature during the whole book, and the way she suspected James but then just accepted his explanations without a though was infuriating. And the fact that she carried on with Nathan - not cheating but kind of cheating - yet got annoyed with James if things seemed off with him. The way things ended with James didn't really rectify how Lucy had been with Nathan in my opinion.
I did enjoy seeing Meg make an appearance, I'm presuming that was our Nutmeg from Johnny Be Good before Johnny! I'll have to reread it now to see if she mentions Tom as I can't remember!
Lucy is a horrible, horrible person! I hated her so much I couldn't finish the book.
Lucy In The Sky is Paige Toon’s debut novel. It’s the story of Lucy who goes back to her native Australia for her best friends’, Molly and Sam, wedding. Just before her flight takes off, she gets a text message from her boyfriend James and her whole world comes crashing down…
Lucy In The Sky is one of my favourite books, along with Paige’s other novel Johnny Be Good (and others), and is a very impressive debut novel. The writing style is told in first-person so we hear all of Lucy’s thoughts about the text message, going back to Aussie and her dilemma between her boyfriends of four years, and Sam’s younger brother Nathan who she falls for while in Oz.
Lucy is a brilliant character, sure she has flaws, and did string along both Nathan and James in a way but she did it for reason. I think the fact that James was such a good liar made it easy for Lucy to believe she did love both him and Nathan. You’re with her every step of the way from the flight to Oz where she receives the text to the holiday and back to London and you just want to keep reading and reading and see what exactly happens next.
Nathan was an equally good character and I loved how he was pretty much there during the whole novel whether it be telling stupid jokes to Lucy or it just being Lucy thinking of him.
I loved Molly and Sam and while they were in Aussie for half the novel to Lucy’s being in London they were also present and I like that they didn’t fade away at all after the wedding.
James irritated me through-out. which I’m sure is what he was meant to do! – and I kept hoping Lucy would just dump him! I have to say though, Paige wrote James well so it was easy to believe that Lucy would believe everything he was saying.
I enjoyed all of the minor characters, Lucy’s work colleagues, her old friends from Uni and her old friends from Australia. Paige introduced us to some brilliant characters who all clicked together.
I also enjoyed how the novel was set in both Australia and London and how both were described really really well.
Oh and before I read Johnny Be Good I didn’t realise that Meg was in Lucy In The Sky until my re-read so it was nice to see her pop up before her novel was out!
Overall it was indeed an impressive debut. Paige just has an easy writing style to her that, one minute you could be on page 1 and the next you’re on 150 and halfway through the novel. An absolutely brilliant novel and one I highly recommend.
Rating: 5/5
Lucy In The Sky is one of my favourite books, along with Paige’s other novel Johnny Be Good (and others), and is a very impressive debut novel. The writing style is told in first-person so we hear all of Lucy’s thoughts about the text message, going back to Aussie and her dilemma between her boyfriends of four years, and Sam’s younger brother Nathan who she falls for while in Oz.
Lucy is a brilliant character, sure she has flaws, and did string along both Nathan and James in a way but she did it for reason. I think the fact that James was such a good liar made it easy for Lucy to believe she did love both him and Nathan. You’re with her every step of the way from the flight to Oz where she receives the text to the holiday and back to London and you just want to keep reading and reading and see what exactly happens next.
Nathan was an equally good character and I loved how he was pretty much there during the whole novel whether it be telling stupid jokes to Lucy or it just being Lucy thinking of him.
I loved Molly and Sam and while they were in Aussie for half the novel to Lucy’s being in London they were also present and I like that they didn’t fade away at all after the wedding.
James irritated me through-out. which I’m sure is what he was meant to do! – and I kept hoping Lucy would just dump him! I have to say though, Paige wrote James well so it was easy to believe that Lucy would believe everything he was saying.
I enjoyed all of the minor characters, Lucy’s work colleagues, her old friends from Uni and her old friends from Australia. Paige introduced us to some brilliant characters who all clicked together.
I also enjoyed how the novel was set in both Australia and London and how both were described really really well.
Oh and before I read Johnny Be Good I didn’t realise that Meg was in Lucy In The Sky until my re-read so it was nice to see her pop up before her novel was out!
Overall it was indeed an impressive debut. Paige just has an easy writing style to her that, one minute you could be on page 1 and the next you’re on 150 and halfway through the novel. An absolutely brilliant novel and one I highly recommend.
Rating: 5/5
Read: 16 December 2012 (originally July 2012)
Why: Recommended by Lindsey Kelk
Brief synopsis: Lucy is returning to Sydney after nine years for the wedding of her two best friends, Molly and Sam. Just as she's about to take off, she receives a text claiming that her boyfriend is cheating on her - at the first opportunity she calls James and of course, he denies it. With things at home uncertain, how will Lucy react to attention from a sexy, messy-haired surfer? Can she keep him out of her thoughts when she returns to London?
What I thought: I can't believe I had this on my bookcase for so long before reading it - its fantastic! Lucy is a great character; likeable and clearly torn between her heart and her head. I love the little jokes Lucy and Nathan tell, they really lighten the story and Paige obviously knows both London and Sydney really well as there are detailed descriptions of both cities. My favourite part though, had to be the ending - in my opinion, she definitely made the right choice.
The only fault I could find with this book was the epilogue - it was just too short! Dont be disheartened by this though, as I later found out, characters pop up in other Paige Toon books - you just need to keep reading!
Favourite quote:
"'My heart is here, with you,' I say, resting my hand on his beautiful chest. 'As long as I'm with you, everything else will fall into place.'"
Review also on my blog fairy tale ending book reviews
Why: Recommended by Lindsey Kelk
Brief synopsis: Lucy is returning to Sydney after nine years for the wedding of her two best friends, Molly and Sam. Just as she's about to take off, she receives a text claiming that her boyfriend is cheating on her - at the first opportunity she calls James and of course, he denies it. With things at home uncertain, how will Lucy react to attention from a sexy, messy-haired surfer? Can she keep him out of her thoughts when she returns to London?
What I thought: I can't believe I had this on my bookcase for so long before reading it - its fantastic! Lucy is a great character; likeable and clearly torn between her heart and her head. I love the little jokes Lucy and Nathan tell, they really lighten the story and Paige obviously knows both London and Sydney really well as there are detailed descriptions of both cities. My favourite part though, had to be the ending - in my opinion, she definitely made the right choice.
The only fault I could find with this book was the epilogue - it was just too short! Dont be disheartened by this though, as I later found out, characters pop up in other Paige Toon books - you just need to keep reading!
Favourite quote:
"'My heart is here, with you,' I say, resting my hand on his beautiful chest. 'As long as I'm with you, everything else will fall into place.'"
Review also on my blog fairy tale ending book reviews
I loved the book, I really did. It was a perfect summer read and also very gripping. The book made me laugh out loud at some points and I now want to really have my own Nathan please!!!
I really liked Paige Toon's writing style especially because it was so British. (Let me just tell you that this book is definitely nothing for you if you have a problem with swear words :D)
It also caused extreme wanderlust and now I really want to go to Australia or just back to London!! I'm really glad I decided to get this book even though I'd never heard of it before. The only thing I actually didn't like was the end because I felt like it was a little too abrupt and I didn't really understand what was actually going on now.
But besides that it was a lovely book and I would definitely recommend it!!
I really liked Paige Toon's writing style especially because it was so British. (Let me just tell you that this book is definitely nothing for you if you have a problem with swear words :D)
It also caused extreme wanderlust and now I really want to go to Australia or just back to London!! I'm really glad I decided to get this book even though I'd never heard of it before. The only thing I actually didn't like was the end because I felt like it was a little too abrupt and I didn't really understand what was actually going on now.
But besides that it was a lovely book and I would definitely recommend it!!