A review by library_brandy
Click: One Novel, Ten Authors by David Almond

3.0

This started out very strong--Gee, a photojournalist, has recently died, and his granddaughter is having a particularly hard time moving past it. Through the gifts Gee left for Maggie and her brother Jason, the reader explores Gee's travels around the globe and meets the strangers he met. Each chapter is written by a different author, but they all have a similar feel, so it's not even disjointed. Some stories are more realistic than others, but the ending kind of falls apart: it veers into a science-fiction future of Maggie's final trip, this time with her grand-niece, perpetuating the family tradition of sharing travels. Or something. By the end of the book it reads more like a gimmick that's gone on too long than a cohesive novel.