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A review by angela_ms
The Last Time They Met by Anita Shreve
4.0
<--spoilers ahead-->
This is a beautifully written and engaging book. I appreciated the uniqueness of the reverse chronology of the narrative. The unexpected ending was fairly brilliant storytelling, but I felt cheated. Not only for the obvious reason that Linda died in the car crash; I'm somewhat haunted by Thomas's demise as well. This paragraph made me almost wish I had not made any emotional investment in the book at all:
"Thomas...who will one day win a prize, and then will lose his daughter and, shortly before four o'clock on a Saturday afternoon in Toronto, will take his own life--the weight of his losses finally too much to bear." [emphasis mine]
This is a beautifully written and engaging book. I appreciated the uniqueness of the reverse chronology of the narrative. The unexpected ending was fairly brilliant storytelling, but I felt cheated. Not only for the obvious reason that Linda died in the car crash; I'm somewhat haunted by Thomas's demise as well. This paragraph made me almost wish I had not made any emotional investment in the book at all:
"Thomas...who will one day win a prize, and then will lose his daughter and, shortly before four o'clock on a Saturday afternoon in Toronto, will take his own life--the weight of his losses finally too much to bear." [emphasis mine]