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abbielouise_day's review
4.0
3.75 - This was a lovely story, it took me a while to get used to the changing time-periods and the switching between the two characters' separate storyline, however seeing how their past defined them, how their paths crossed and what led them in the same place together, completing the emptiness they both had in the past. it was a beautiful ending.
nievebrown25's review against another edition
adventurous
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.5
mettaphoria's review
4.0
This was just wonderful. carachters to fall in and out of love with. A very clever setup following the comets that travel araound us, a bit like Nicholls One day in comets. There is just a bit of a ghost story and a bit of astronomy, very interesting.
If there is anything I would have wanted to read more, more comets and more characters! could not get enough.
If there is anything I would have wanted to read more, more comets and more characters! could not get enough.
stringbeanbooks's review
4.0
What a gorgeous story. I love a good full circle ending and this is a perfect example of why
rebmarara's review against another edition
dark
emotional
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
thecosymoose's review
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
The Comet Seekers is the debut novel from author Helen Sedgwick, and it’s an astonishing book.
The novel opens with Roisin, a scientist from Ireland, meeting Francois, a chef from Bayeaux, France, at a research station in Antartica. There’s a familiarity neither can explain. Overhead, a comet appears.
The story is then told through flashbacks of both the main character’s lives, with snapshots of their family histories taken each time a comet appears,. For Roisin, we learn about her growing up in rural Ireland, her family relationships, and the forbidden love and loss, and her endless restlessness and need to search for answers.
Francois’ story goes back even further. His mother sees the ghosts of her ancestors, talks with them, but they only appear in sync with comets. We flash back to historical comet appearances, going as far back as 1066 and the appearance of Halley’s Comet, captured in the Bayeaux Tapestry, as we learn about Francois’ ancestors, and their influence on his family and path through life.
And as comets follow their trajectory and reappear, we circle back to Antartica to catch up with Roisin and Francois, as they deal with their own ghosts.
The novel is beautifully written, the threads woven together to tell a story of love and loss, of dreams and reality.
sweetloladoo's review against another edition
3.0
This was a really great, compelling story. I love how the main characters orbited each other like comets throughout the story. My rating would have been higher had the ending not been so rushed. It was a letdown, tbh.
lunney's review
4.0
If you can, it's definitely worth listening to this book as an audiobook. It's really beautifully read. Also pretty cool to have a research scientist as one of the main characters!