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A review by adw7984
Carry the One by Carol Anshaw
4.0
This book started out quite trippy. We were immediately thrown into a wedding of people we didn’t know at all, but would come to know quite well. The wedding was fueled with bizarre drugs, so you knew the minute everyone got in the car that something bad would happen (and if you read the book jacket).
We follow the 3 main characters, Nick, Carmen, and Alice over several years to see how this one event changed their lives. It was interesting to me that the book starts with Carmen’s wedding, but I really didn’t care about her as a character. Alice was the story that I was most interested in, and I felt that I understood her the best out of everyone.
Nick was also a tragic character. His girlfriend at the time was the one arrested for the accident. I found it odd that it was because of the undelivered mail in the trunk rather than the accident. In fact, the mail in the trunk went right over my head until it was brought up about halfway through. Nick remained on drugs, gave it up for a bit and then went completely off the deep-end and ended up dead behind a dumpster.
While all three characters were affected by the accident, I felt that Nick was really the one who carried it with him daily. He went to see the father and then visited the mother as well. I felt that his drug-addiction was caused by this accident. He used recreationally before and then it became a problem after Olivia left.
Overall, I really enjoyed this book by Carol Anshaw. It was an easy book to read with an intriguing story, and I couldn’t put it down once I started!
*This book was provided to me for review on Confessions of a Bookaholic. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
We follow the 3 main characters, Nick, Carmen, and Alice over several years to see how this one event changed their lives. It was interesting to me that the book starts with Carmen’s wedding, but I really didn’t care about her as a character. Alice was the story that I was most interested in, and I felt that I understood her the best out of everyone.
Nick was also a tragic character. His girlfriend at the time was the one arrested for the accident. I found it odd that it was because of the undelivered mail in the trunk rather than the accident. In fact, the mail in the trunk went right over my head until it was brought up about halfway through. Nick remained on drugs, gave it up for a bit and then went completely off the deep-end and ended up dead behind a dumpster.
While all three characters were affected by the accident, I felt that Nick was really the one who carried it with him daily. He went to see the father and then visited the mother as well. I felt that his drug-addiction was caused by this accident. He used recreationally before and then it became a problem after Olivia left.
Overall, I really enjoyed this book by Carol Anshaw. It was an easy book to read with an intriguing story, and I couldn’t put it down once I started!
*This book was provided to me for review on Confessions of a Bookaholic. All thoughts and opinions are my own.