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3.78 AVERAGE
3.78 AVERAGE
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Such a cute, heart warming book. Felt so bad for Will for the majority of the book, and really felt like I knew Elsa with all the stories of the past. Super cute storyline and love how it ended.
The book took a while to pull me and then it did have me hooked for the majority of the story.
The reason it lost a star is that the ending just felt so rushed, they realise the two worlds co exist and that will is in the wrong dimension.
The book kind of felt like it was stuck on how to get the two worlds to collide again so they set off the unexploded bomb and I feel like the book did Laura a miss justice slightly in that she never got closure from her father, instead they put her into the world where she had never experienced the pain in the first place.
I just feel like they could have kept her in her current world and she could still have found the peace she needed in knowing that her dad also did not belong there and was in fact the boy from wills story. I know the book is supposed to be about love but I think they could have covered the trauma all the characters felt and still had a good ending.
Like I said I really enjoyed the book and read it in a few days so I would definitely recommend it to others.
The reason it lost a star is that the ending just felt so rushed, they realise the two worlds co exist and that will is in the wrong dimension.
The book kind of felt like it was stuck on how to get the two worlds to collide again so they set off the unexploded bomb and I feel like the book did Laura a miss justice slightly in that she never got closure from her father, instead they put her into the world where she had never experienced the pain in the first place.
I just feel like they could have kept her in her current world and she could still have found the peace she needed in knowing that her dad also did not belong there and was in fact the boy from wills story. I know the book is supposed to be about love but I think they could have covered the trauma all the characters felt and still had a good ending.
Like I said I really enjoyed the book and read it in a few days so I would definitely recommend it to others.
The Frequency of Us by Keith Stuart
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I bought this book primarily because it is based during WWII and I love historical fiction based on factual events…if that makes sense?!
This book follows the story of Laura, a woman crippled by extreme anxiety for reasons we find out during the course of the book. She meets Will, an 87 year old survivor of WWII, who believes he had a beautiful life with a woman called Elsa, until a bomb hit their garden and changed the lives of Will, Elsa and countless others in ways we only discover as Laura investigates further. After the bomb, there is no trace of Elsa, just memories that Will has lived with for 60 years. Everyone thinks Will is suffering from dementia, but the more Laura investigates, the less she believes this to be true.
This was sort of a ghost story (read it to find out why ‘sort of’). I was quite annoyed when I realised, as I really don’t like ghost stories, or anything remotely scary (which is weird considered I devoured Stephen King as a teenager
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I bought this book primarily because it is based during WWII and I love historical fiction based on factual events…if that makes sense?!
This book follows the story of Laura, a woman crippled by extreme anxiety for reasons we find out during the course of the book. She meets Will, an 87 year old survivor of WWII, who believes he had a beautiful life with a woman called Elsa, until a bomb hit their garden and changed the lives of Will, Elsa and countless others in ways we only discover as Laura investigates further. After the bomb, there is no trace of Elsa, just memories that Will has lived with for 60 years. Everyone thinks Will is suffering from dementia, but the more Laura investigates, the less she believes this to be true.
This was sort of a ghost story (read it to find out why ‘sort of’). I was quite annoyed when I realised, as I really don’t like ghost stories, or anything remotely scary (which is weird considered I devoured Stephen King as a teenager
I enjoyed this enough that I want to check out the author's other books - I liked the characters and writing style. I wasn't a huge fan of the direction the plot went in though (and the pacing in general), hence 3 stars.
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Oh this book has turned me so many times. Throughout I adored the love story of Will and Elsa but I couldn’t make my mind up about Laura’s story. It feel too heavily implied and hinted at without enough substance for me to care. But the Laura in the here and now dealing with her anxiety was so real and the subject handled so delicately that it was beautiful to read.
Without giving away spoilers whilst enjoying the story I was distracted by the constant question of how does Stuart bring this to a conclusion. How are the different stories brought together? The answer, rather cleverly. Although you have to be prepared for a little light science fiction within what has primarily been a then and now love story.
I’ve seen people say this is his best book yet and I would have to disagree having preferred A Boy Made of Blocks but it was still a good page turner.
Without giving away spoilers whilst enjoying the story I was distracted by the constant question of how does Stuart bring this to a conclusion. How are the different stories brought together? The answer, rather cleverly. Although you have to be prepared for a little light science fiction within what has primarily been a then and now love story.
I’ve seen people say this is his best book yet and I would have to disagree having preferred A Boy Made of Blocks but it was still a good page turner.
Book club. Ang. August 2021
Second world war mystery an old man and his first love. It crosses time. Not my cup of tea. Unsure of ending.
Second world war mystery an old man and his first love. It crosses time. Not my cup of tea. Unsure of ending.