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A Hundred Pieces of Me
by Lucy Dillon
Lucy Dillon is one of my favourite authors ever! Her books always pull me in so easily and always contain a dog along the line which always helps in keeping me interested. When I found out that she had written a new book I simply had to have it and I am so glad that I took the time to read it!
A hundred pieces of me really touched me, I didn't realise this as I was reading the book but by the time I was nearly done I was looking at things differently, I noticed my dogs behaviour much more than I had before and noticed the many seasonal changes in nature as they happened. I also took the time throughout the story to really ask myself the reasons why I loved the people I'm close to and that play a big part in my life, it helped put things in perspective better and overall has made me happier as a person
This book is based around Gina who has just been divorced by her husband Stuart due to him having an affair, I didn't particularly like Stuart even though he did all the right things most of the time he just seemed very robotic and emotionless, he also didn't seem to take notice of who Gina really was and wanted to be. He was too selfish and self centred, those types of people should have to go to classes to show them there are more important things in life beside themselves! Each chapter starts off as a flashback of Gina's previous experiences which really helps you understand her life and decisions she makes and has made in the past.
I appreciated the set up of the chapters and the book as a whole but the ending really caught me off guard, it wasn't meant to end the way it did, I had to read the ending 3 times to really try and understand why Lucy had done it, I suppose it does make sense I just wish it had ended differently.
Gina was a very likeable person, sometimes I found myself annoyed because she was too cautious about some things, and I couldn't believe she didn't like dogs! What kind of person doesn't like dogs? As a whole though she was such a loveable character
This book is very different to any of Lucy Dillon's books I have ever read before. It touches on controversial subjects such as cancer, loss of loved ones, divorce and animal cruelty. Even though these events are true to life and hard to deal with, this book was very easy to read and I found that even though some of these topics are very upsetting Lucy wrote about them in a way which can help the reader understand them better but also isn't turned off about the subjects completely.
Overall a hundred pieces of me touched my heart, it was a lot deeper than lost dogs and lonely hearts but definitely worth reading, it really changes your look on important parts of your life
A hundred pieces of me really touched me, I didn't realise this as I was reading the book but by the time I was nearly done I was looking at things differently, I noticed my dogs behaviour much more than I had before and noticed the many seasonal changes in nature as they happened. I also took the time throughout the story to really ask myself the reasons why I loved the people I'm close to and that play a big part in my life, it helped put things in perspective better and overall has made me happier as a person
This book is based around Gina who has just been divorced by her husband Stuart due to him having an affair, I didn't particularly like Stuart even though he did all the right things most of the time he just seemed very robotic and emotionless, he also didn't seem to take notice of who Gina really was and wanted to be. He was too selfish and self centred, those types of people should have to go to classes to show them there are more important things in life beside themselves! Each chapter starts off as a flashback of Gina's previous experiences which really helps you understand her life and decisions she makes and has made in the past.
I appreciated the set up of the chapters and the book as a whole but the ending really caught me off guard, it wasn't meant to end the way it did, I had to read the ending 3 times to really try and understand why Lucy had done it, I suppose it does make sense I just wish it had ended differently.
Gina was a very likeable person, sometimes I found myself annoyed because she was too cautious about some things, and I couldn't believe she didn't like dogs! What kind of person doesn't like dogs? As a whole though she was such a loveable character
This book is very different to any of Lucy Dillon's books I have ever read before. It touches on controversial subjects such as cancer, loss of loved ones, divorce and animal cruelty. Even though these events are true to life and hard to deal with, this book was very easy to read and I found that even though some of these topics are very upsetting Lucy wrote about them in a way which can help the reader understand them better but also isn't turned off about the subjects completely.
Overall a hundred pieces of me touched my heart, it was a lot deeper than lost dogs and lonely hearts but definitely worth reading, it really changes your look on important parts of your life