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alfiem's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
mementowori's review
emotional
hopeful
sad
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? Yes
3.5
amongthefaithless's review
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
greybeard49's review against another edition
4.0
A short book but really well written and packing a punch. The narrator is journeying from Belfast to Sunderland by car through a landscape covered by snow to pick up his student son who is stranded in digs far from home. The storyline focuses on the events and practicalities of the trip but particularly explores the mindset and family history of the driver. It cleverly rolls out the tragic difficulties he and his family have had to face. The gradual exposure of the dark ‘secret’ at the centre of his pain is handled wonderfully. A book of rare quality and startling intensity.
jeetbhattachariya's review against another edition
4.0
Awesome book. The writing style is captivating and will put you in an unimaginable journey of fatherhood.
singh_reads_kanwar2's review against another edition
3.0
A perfect journey of a father which turn into a memory lane for him, when he lost his younger son to the fight of drugs and how he shower his love tobhis family now, shows the redemption of father, love of family, helpful nature to the others in need, and memory of pain which effect him the most throughout the journey....
The wife obliged her husband to get back her son home and ask him to go to his college hostel for Christmas celebration because she came to know he was not well, all the way during the journey father helped every person was in need of help and keep recalling his memories of the past , even though journey was tiring and long he take for his wife wishes and he want to tell his son his feelings and also want to share his boy wishes and feeling like a man to man conversation with him, all the time his thoughts ran for his dead son and how they lost him to drugs and how it effects there familyand how equation of the family life changes after that incident, he was guilty for what happened and Don't want to happen again in nearby future.
Cover of the book is great even though i got the proof copy of the book it is good to read them..
The wife obliged her husband to get back her son home and ask him to go to his college hostel for Christmas celebration because she came to know he was not well, all the way during the journey father helped every person was in need of help and keep recalling his memories of the past , even though journey was tiring and long he take for his wife wishes and he want to tell his son his feelings and also want to share his boy wishes and feeling like a man to man conversation with him, all the time his thoughts ran for his dead son and how they lost him to drugs and how it effects there familyand how equation of the family life changes after that incident, he was guilty for what happened and Don't want to happen again in nearby future.
Cover of the book is great even though i got the proof copy of the book it is good to read them..
panastasia's review against another edition
4.0
Το δύσκολο ταξίδι ενός πατέρα από την Ιρλανδία προς το Σάντερλαντ της Αγγλίας για να φέρει τον άρρωστο γιο του από το Πανεπιστήμιο πίσω στο σπίτι τους.
Σταδιακά βλέπουμε να ξεδιπλώνεται ο βαθμός της ανησυχίας του πατέρα, οι βαθύτεροι λόγοι για την αγωνιώδη αναγκαιότητα αυτού του ταξιδιού, η γονική ανησυχία, η οικογενειακή αγάπη, η ανθρώπινη ενοχή. Όσο εξελίσσεται, ο εσωτερικό μονόλογος γίνεται ένας σπαρακτικός διάλογος χωρίς απαντήσεις.
Ένα μυθιστόρημα που συγκλονίζει και καθηλώνει μέσα από την αλήθεια του.
“Μπορείς να βασανίζεις τον εαυτό σου σκεπτόμενος υπερβολικά το ρόλο της μοίρας ή απλά της σύμπτωσης στη διαμόρφωση της ρότας της ζωής σου, αλλά δε νομίζω να έχεις να κερδίσεις κάτι από αυτό πέρα από εμμονές για δρόμους που δεν πήρες και νυχτερινά πλοία που έχασες.”
Σταδιακά βλέπουμε να ξεδιπλώνεται ο βαθμός της ανησυχίας του πατέρα, οι βαθύτεροι λόγοι για την αγωνιώδη αναγκαιότητα αυτού του ταξιδιού, η γονική ανησυχία, η οικογενειακή αγάπη, η ανθρώπινη ενοχή. Όσο εξελίσσεται, ο εσωτερικό μονόλογος γίνεται ένας σπαρακτικός διάλογος χωρίς απαντήσεις.
Ένα μυθιστόρημα που συγκλονίζει και καθηλώνει μέσα από την αλήθεια του.
“Μπορείς να βασανίζεις τον εαυτό σου σκεπτόμενος υπερβολικά το ρόλο της μοίρας ή απλά της σύμπτωσης στη διαμόρφωση της ρότας της ζωής σου, αλλά δε νομίζω να έχεις να κερδίσεις κάτι από αυτό πέρα από εμμονές για δρόμους που δεν πήρες και νυχτερινά πλοία που έχασες.”
kumipaul's review against another edition
2.0
Completely predictable from beginning to end. The story is multi-faceted, being about a father's finding his way through a storm to help his son, the father's coming to terms with the earlier loss of his other son, the father as husband trying to hold on to his marriage, and the father finding hope for the future. It all sounds good in concept, but I didn't connect with either son's struggles, and I didn't get a sense of the wife at all. As for the father, he was so conflicted and unclear about his goals. Overall, not a waste of time, but a wasted opportunity to make a story with greater substance.