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jmifsudgrima 's review for:
The Life Impossible
by Matt Haig
I loved The Midnight Library, so of course I could not skip a new book by Matt Haig. However unlike The Midnight Library I cannot say that I fully enjoyed The Life Impossible. The premise is interesting. Grace Winters, an older lady struggling with loneliness and life regrets, inherits a house in Ibiza, left to her by an old friend she had not seen in decades. She decides to check the house out and from that point onwards our adventure starts. The positive is that the plot is good, and there are some exciting moments and a few funny ones too that made me smile.
Nevertheless, the book is way longer than it needed to be. The dialogues sometimes feel forced, and there are several repetitions, where we read about a few anecdotes again and again, several times often with little added information. The supernatural forces that dominate the story give this book a new dimension, however the author then overly relies on them to take shortcuts. One instance that irritated me was the use of these forces to explain character changes, when really there was opportunity to lay solid foundations for character development, particularly in the case of Grace.
I love a happy ending, but I feel that the way things always turn out for the better is a bit cliche in this case. I finished the book because I was curious about the ending, but then even after the climax of the story, we were given pages and pages of post-ending information which in some cases needn't be told.
Nevertheless, the book is way longer than it needed to be. The dialogues sometimes feel forced, and there are several repetitions, where we read about a few anecdotes again and again, several times often with little added information. The supernatural forces that dominate the story give this book a new dimension, however the author then overly relies on them to take shortcuts. One instance that irritated me was the use of these forces to explain character changes, when really there was opportunity to lay solid foundations for character development, particularly in the case of Grace.
I love a happy ending, but I feel that the way things always turn out for the better is a bit cliche in this case. I finished the book because I was curious about the ending, but then even after the climax of the story, we were given pages and pages of post-ending information which in some cases needn't be told.