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A review by jennygaitskell
A God in Ruins by Kate Atkinson
3.0
This is a companion novel to Life After Life. It might have been titled Death After Death.
I admire Kate Atkinson but this novel is not my favourite. I found it too often aloof, intrusively clever. It felt like hard work at times, sharing life's ordinary unwanted moments and hanging with some dully unpleasant characters, but the overall quality of the writing kept me reading. Some of the wartime scenes are astonishing and the ending is top notch.
I admire Kate Atkinson but this novel is not my favourite. I found it too often aloof, intrusively clever. It felt like hard work at times, sharing life's ordinary unwanted moments and hanging with some dully unpleasant characters, but the overall quality of the writing kept me reading. Some of the wartime scenes are astonishing and the ending is top notch.