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A review by adoptabookaus
On the Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta
4.0
okay a thing about this. I think on reread of a physical copy this could really be a 5 star read for me but as the first 50% of the audio was super confusing I just wasn't that excited about it. I didn't even realise there were two time lines and what was happening.
ONCE I did realise the two timelines and who was in them I really started to enjoy myself, there is so much grief and just pain in this book, in kids lives. There is also a lot of awesome friendships, of student relationships, and loves.
Love is a big part of this book, holding back love, "forbidden" love, the family love your not sure you should feel, the love that you don't or can't let yourself feel.
I really loved the relationship between Gregs and Taylor they felt real, they fought, they had real problems and it wasn't all star gazing and picnics.
The one standout in the audio is the narrator being so aussie, the writing along is super aussie as is but she really brought the aussie to life for me. After becoming so used to american and english narrators it was really cool to be hearing someone who sounds like myself telling a story that I could imagine perfectly.
There's drama, mystery, disaster, sadness, bad parents, dead parents, sad kids, angry kids, and a whole lot to love in this book.
ONCE I did realise the two timelines and who was in them I really started to enjoy myself, there is so much grief and just pain in this book, in kids lives. There is also a lot of awesome friendships, of student relationships, and loves.
Love is a big part of this book, holding back love, "forbidden" love, the family love your not sure you should feel, the love that you don't or can't let yourself feel.
I really loved the relationship between Gregs and Taylor they felt real, they fought, they had real problems and it wasn't all star gazing and picnics.
The one standout in the audio is the narrator being so aussie, the writing along is super aussie as is but she really brought the aussie to life for me. After becoming so used to american and english narrators it was really cool to be hearing someone who sounds like myself telling a story that I could imagine perfectly.
There's drama, mystery, disaster, sadness, bad parents, dead parents, sad kids, angry kids, and a whole lot to love in this book.