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karenika 's review for:
Turbulence
by David Szalay
3.5 stars.
This was a short and interesting book to read, mostly because of its format. It's a very short book of connected stories. There's no time or space for the reader to get attached to each character. But each story is very short but about intense/meaningful/relatable experiences in the characters' lives. Often painful. So the stories pull the reader in quickly and keep you feeling an emotional attachment to the situation more than the characters. Many of the stories have two main characters and then one travels on a plane to another story with another person and then there's another plane connecting one of those characters to the next story etc. Each chapter header is a airport code to another airport code to help guide the reader through the flow of connections. At its core, it's about how people are connected and slivers of our lives overlap and touch each other. Many of the stories have something sad at their core: abuse, infidelity, death, illness, etc. Most are not explored deeply since each story is short. Just enough for the reader to sympathize but not likely enough to empathize.
This was a short and interesting book to read, mostly because of its format. It's a very short book of connected stories. There's no time or space for the reader to get attached to each character. But each story is very short but about intense/meaningful/relatable experiences in the characters' lives. Often painful. So the stories pull the reader in quickly and keep you feeling an emotional attachment to the situation more than the characters. Many of the stories have two main characters and then one travels on a plane to another story with another person and then there's another plane connecting one of those characters to the next story etc. Each chapter header is a airport code to another airport code to help guide the reader through the flow of connections. At its core, it's about how people are connected and slivers of our lives overlap and touch each other. Many of the stories have something sad at their core: abuse, infidelity, death, illness, etc. Most are not explored deeply since each story is short. Just enough for the reader to sympathize but not likely enough to empathize.