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A review by sadkitty
We Now Return to Regular Life by Martin Wilson
4.0
This is the second book by Martin Wilson that I have read. Like, What They Always Tell Us, the narration is spectacular and rather lonely, because it is written from the viewpoint of two people who were there when a person close to them, Beth's brother and Josh's neighbour-cum-friend, Sam Walsh went missing.
He didn't turn up for three years. And in those circumstances, it is easier to think that he must have died by now. So that is what Beth and Josh do. But Sam is alive and he's back. And he is not the person they knew before he was kidnapped.
Given the plot of the story, I don't understand how people can be upset to find that it is not a fun read. Sam Walsh coming back is a very happy news, but it is enough to shake up the normal for the main characters. Martin Wilson once again manages to capture the emotions and the hope in such a hopeless situation and brings out the strength that humans possess but do not know of. The story is sad, the narration is sad, and something about the writing made me cry even in the beginning when I wasn't completely into the book.
It is an amazing book and I will keep cherishing it for years to come. It is sad but this is the kind of books that we all need. To give us hope even in the darkest of times. And to whisper to us that although there are several stories that are parts of us, they do not define us. They cannot limit us.
I love how upsetting this book is because you cannot understand how hopeful the message is without feeling all the sadness at first.
He didn't turn up for three years. And in those circumstances, it is easier to think that he must have died by now. So that is what Beth and Josh do. But Sam is alive and he's back. And he is not the person they knew before he was kidnapped.
Given the plot of the story, I don't understand how people can be upset to find that it is not a fun read. Sam Walsh coming back is a very happy news, but it is enough to shake up the normal for the main characters. Martin Wilson once again manages to capture the emotions and the hope in such a hopeless situation and brings out the strength that humans possess but do not know of. The story is sad, the narration is sad, and something about the writing made me cry even in the beginning when I wasn't completely into the book.
It is an amazing book and I will keep cherishing it for years to come. It is sad but this is the kind of books that we all need. To give us hope even in the darkest of times. And to whisper to us that although there are several stories that are parts of us, they do not define us. They cannot limit us.
I love how upsetting this book is because you cannot understand how hopeful the message is without feeling all the sadness at first.