A review by megatsunami
Big Bang Symphony: A Novel of Antarctica by Lucy Jane Bledsoe

4.0

Beautifully told story of three different women who come to Antarctica for various reasons... and what they find there. Some of the plot elements would have felt cliched in the hands of a different writer, but instead they felt new and original because of the way they were narrated and the way the characters unfolded. I loved the way people in this novel inspire and challenge each other, not only through romantic passion but through other kinds of human connection as well. The final scenes were a little bit too neatly wrapped up (though I admit it satisfied my secret desire for a tidy ending to life!) but the characters' changes felt genuine and meaningful.