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4.04 AVERAGE
4.04 AVERAGE
I really enjoyed Cherry's story and the way LM wrote this book with all the interwoven timelines and characters.
adventurous
challenging
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Just not interested in it. A bit slow for me.
I always so enjoy this authors style of writing becoming immersed in that place from the description and pictures they evoke. However I initially struggled with this book as it flitted between characters and dealt with distressing themes around death. However once I got to know the characters and understood the structure of the story I adapted to the writing style - it was probably similar to m as my books I read really. And on the theme of death and bereavement I focused more on the stories within and I particularly liked how the ending explained a theme I have no belief in. There was some twists as bd turns I never expected at the end which whilst some may feel were too contrived, they did help wrap up the story into something quite wholesome.
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
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
challenging
emotional
informative
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Short summary: a great read, well-written as alwasy by Liane Moriarty, with well estabilshed characters and equal parts reality-based and outlandished plot, that leaves you feeling like you'vd just read the next Netflix adaptation of the summer.
Themes: Spirituality, grief, loss, self-determination, memory, love, friendship (and a touch of maths).
I was lucky enough to hear Liane speak on the day this was released, and she said sometimes she wished readers knew very little about her books before reading them, and even wished they didn't read the blurb, so in that case other than the above brief summary and below highlight quotes, just know if you liked her past work you'd like this one.
The book explores the singular starting scenario (a plane right from Hobart to Sydney) from many viewpoints, with each narrator at times contraict themselves or others. "the colours of my childhood are so rich and vibrant, but then again, yours probably are too."
Anotehr central theme is grief, and the descriptions are visercle and show the many ways to grief, and how it can be compounded throughout a life time. "There were some days when the pain was so physical, I felt like I was being squeezed to death in some kind of medieval torture device."
The main premis is can be choose our own fate and what countrol we have on this journey of life.
"...it feels like we're all waiting to see where the axe falls next."
"you can't choose your future. not in a world of risk and uncertainty...No one can tell you what lies ahead with one hundred per cent accuracy."
"Fate won't be fought"
I know I've enjoyed abook when I am already planning when I can read it again - and hopefully soon!.
Themes: Spirituality, grief, loss, self-determination, memory, love, friendship (and a touch of maths).
I was lucky enough to hear Liane speak on the day this was released, and she said sometimes she wished readers knew very little about her books before reading them, and even wished they didn't read the blurb, so in that case other than the above brief summary and below highlight quotes, just know if you liked her past work you'd like this one.
The book explores the singular starting scenario (a plane right from Hobart to Sydney) from many viewpoints, with each narrator at times contraict themselves or others. "the colours of my childhood are so rich and vibrant, but then again, yours probably are too."
Anotehr central theme is grief, and the descriptions are visercle and show the many ways to grief, and how it can be compounded throughout a life time. "There were some days when the pain was so physical, I felt like I was being squeezed to death in some kind of medieval torture device."
The main premis is can be choose our own fate and what countrol we have on this journey of life.
"...it feels like we're all waiting to see where the axe falls next."
"you can't choose your future. not in a world of risk and uncertainty...No one can tell you what lies ahead with one hundred per cent accuracy."
"Fate won't be fought"
I know I've enjoyed abook when I am already planning when I can read it again - and hopefully soon!.
I loved the blurb. It sounded exciting. a random old lady on a plane predicting fellow passengers' death causes and ages. Wow! And then they started to come true...
An exciting theme, but it took a long time for me to get invested with the characters because there were so many, I think. It wasn't until way over the half that I was so enthralled that I could not put it down.
Was it worth the effort? Yep! It's a story with a great message. Carpe diem! Live life to the full, because you never know when it's going to end. I am not giving it 5 stars though, because of all that first half effort :)
An exciting theme, but it took a long time for me to get invested with the characters because there were so many, I think. It wasn't until way over the half that I was so enthralled that I could not put it down.
Was it worth the effort? Yep! It's a story with a great message. Carpe diem! Live life to the full, because you never know when it's going to end. I am not giving it 5 stars though, because of all that first half effort :)