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3.56 AVERAGE
3.56 AVERAGE
This book was so well written I kept wishing each story was longer, why weren't they longer? Composed of multiple short stories of how strangers lives become intertwined flying from location to location. If you have ever glimpsed at the Missed Connections page on Craigslist that is exactly how this book felt to me. I enjoyed getting the small glimpse into the lives of strangers and stories that could happen to anyone.
Thank you NetGalley, Sribner and David Szalay for this Advanced Reader Copy!
Thank you NetGalley, Sribner and David Szalay for this Advanced Reader Copy!
Postać drugoplanowa w jednym rozdziale, w kolejnym jest głównym bohaterem i tak przez całą książkę - bardzo mi się to podobało! Przyjemna książka na dosłownie godzinę czytania
Ah! jak mi się to podobało! I to koło, które się zatoczyło! Można by pomyśleć, że mamy tu losy wielu bohaterów, którzy są sobie obcy, ale końcówka tak świetnie to wyjaśnia.
I really loved how the vignettes transitioned from one to another. Around the world in 150 pages. Super readable and I enjoyed glimpsing into each of these lives.
adventurous
emotional
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Read this book in one sitting on the beach. A brilliant read for the holidays, thinking about flying around the world while stuck in a pandemic. The book is simple as it follows a chain of different people and events through their travel. A peek into different individuals' lives and helps contextualise our personal relationships in real life as well.
emotional
lighthearted
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I've always liked stories like this, where separate lives are linked in small ways, but this just felt kind of...muted. like I get the point, about how we're all connected and each stranger we meet has a full and complex life that we know nothing about, but I feel like this particular book could have gone further in exploring that complexity. it was very nicely written though.
i had a terribly difficult time actually picking this book back up whenever i put it down but hey thats college, the important thing is that on finish it i cried in the bath for no real reason but also Every reason
A woman in her seventies takes a plane ride from London home to Madrid after visiting her son who is being treated for prostate cancer. Normally reticent on flights, the woman, terrified of flying, drinks bloody marys and keeps to herself. However, after ten minutes of extreme turbulence, she and her row mate begin to talk. When she passes out, he quickly goes to the flight attendant who calls for a doctor’s help.
The unexpected turbulence that causes the woman and her row mate, Cheikh, to interact creates ripples that initiate what amounts to a literary relay race as readers follow a figurative baton around the world. Emphasizing the connectedness of today’s society, the book is structured around flights. Whereas the first chapter ended in Madrid, the second picks up there following a character that somehow had contact with whomever enjoyed the point of view of the previous chapter in a type of benign contagion. In some author’s hands, organizing around flights might be gimmicky, but here, it feels a natural reflection of how accessible travel has become.
Crossing the globe as it does, Turbulence contains a diversity of characters in different settings, socioeconomic conditions, and internal and external conflicts. Although characters come from a range of countries and within those countries live in different environments, to my mind, the prose rang authentic and often eye-opening.
Personally, I love books that have separate but slightly connected chapters so I was biased towards the book, but as with all books of this structure some characters are so interesting they seem short-changed and as if their story is incomplete and some characters aren’t as interesting or as well-developed as others.
While most of the characters are named, a few aren’t, and I’m not sure there is a significance to that if any, and what is says about these characters, both women, regardless. Also, throughout the book, the impact of privilege born of wealth weaves into each chapter. Although not all of the wealthy are white, all of the poor are people of color.
A quick but impactful read with an interesting structure, Turbulence should be on the reading list of any fan of literary fiction.
Thank you to Scribner and NetGalley for providing an advance reading copy in exchange for an honest review.
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