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The Quality of Silence
by Rosamund Lupton
I chose this book in a book fair just by looking at the title. The title had a sort of a peculiar effect on me. I knew I had to try this book lest I feel I should have bought the book. Yes, I judged a book by its title. An act I have seldom done before (unless I knew the author). So when I held the book in my hands and started reading, I knew I made a right choice.
Everyone reader of this book will experience many beautiful uplifting feelings at various places of the book. Yet there are places where it does inject a feeling of aversion. Ruby is a gem of a character. Understanding Her character alone is a truly rewarding experience. I could recommend this book to everyone just for her. The second reason, the more powerful and compelling from my pov, is the author's description of the arctic tunera, Alaska and arctic wilderness in general. The way her words crafted those vivid images of a pure white surrounding was just astounding. I could reread this book for this alone. A pure bliss of strangeness.
Now, the characterisation of ruby's mother Yasmin is the main problem of the book. Her rather unintelligent moves almost t every conflicting places really troubled me. I couldn't understand a single plausible reason behind her actions in most of the places. Yet she remains the main point of twists nd turns in the plot to keep it moving steadily towards the ending. The ending.... The most truely disappointing and totally inappropriate ending I could ever imagine. It almost destroyed the story's beautiful travel to reach that point. The unusually similar cliche of an ending disrupts the plot's convincing portrayal of uniqueness. 3.5 stars for this book. And what a way to score a double century of my career. :)
Everyone reader of this book will experience many beautiful uplifting feelings at various places of the book. Yet there are places where it does inject a feeling of aversion. Ruby is a gem of a character. Understanding Her character alone is a truly rewarding experience. I could recommend this book to everyone just for her. The second reason, the more powerful and compelling from my pov, is the author's description of the arctic tunera, Alaska and arctic wilderness in general. The way her words crafted those vivid images of a pure white surrounding was just astounding. I could reread this book for this alone. A pure bliss of strangeness.
Now, the characterisation of ruby's mother Yasmin is the main problem of the book. Her rather unintelligent moves almost t every conflicting places really troubled me. I couldn't understand a single plausible reason behind her actions in most of the places. Yet she remains the main point of twists nd turns in the plot to keep it moving steadily towards the ending. The ending.... The most truely disappointing and totally inappropriate ending I could ever imagine. It almost destroyed the story's beautiful travel to reach that point. The unusually similar cliche of an ending disrupts the plot's convincing portrayal of uniqueness. 3.5 stars for this book. And what a way to score a double century of my career. :)