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Turbulence
by David Szalay
A nice quick read that left me looking wistfully out a rain soaked window in contemplation.
This took me an hour or so to read and left me feeling like there wasn't enough meat to the story/ies. But the more I think about it, that's the whole point of the novel. The novel's premise--snippets of 12 lives come together as one touches another--heightens our awareness of the momentary connections we foster with people in our daily lives. When we actually stop and reflect on these moments, like we are pushed to do by reading Turbulence, we become more empathetic to others' situations and more emotionally intelligent.
This took me an hour or so to read and left me feeling like there wasn't enough meat to the story/ies. But the more I think about it, that's the whole point of the novel. The novel's premise--snippets of 12 lives come together as one touches another--heightens our awareness of the momentary connections we foster with people in our daily lives. When we actually stop and reflect on these moments, like we are pushed to do by reading Turbulence, we become more empathetic to others' situations and more emotionally intelligent.