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A review by becca
Cold Fusion 2000 by Karl Drinkwater
5.0
Set in Manchester during the Millennium era (2000, hence the title), main character; Alex, still lives at home with his Mum and sister; Kelly and has been in an impasse since his girlfriend from university dumped him.
Now thirty years old and his life being in this rut, a sudden encounter finally unlocks him from this dilemma in his life to get him back into his better ways. He's fed up of getting bullied by the teenagers at the bus stop and fed up of getting dumped, so he was surprised when he was in a distressed way that he sees his ex Lucy (who dumped him for his best friend) and can't resist the temptation to tell her just what he thinks of her.
So...how did they end up going to a date?
And how come she isn't Lucy, and is in fact her twin sister; Jane?
A spark like a firework between them shocks him both. Alex didn't realise that he would fall back in love so quickly with someone who he thought had broken his heart. Jane isn't anything like Lucy, and is kind though secretive. She doesn't want to hurt Alex like her sister did, but she knows that she'll be leaving Alex's life in just three days. She doesn't want to lie, but she doesn't want to repeat the past and repeat Lucy's faults.
Intricate layers of family, life and love twist in to Cold Fusion 2000. With it's bittersweet ending and complicated characters, Karl writes with truth and hope in this coming-of-age novel. The characters are so ordinary, yet so distinctive and have all had a taste of an epiphany in their time. The past plays a huge part of the novel, but what it truly comes down to in the end is the outlook for the future and the peace that the characters have to make with their own pasts.
I was pleasantly surprised throughout the story with every new unveiling, and can say that this is a one-of-a-kind novel that can be interpreted in many different ways and that the reader plays a huge part in what they can take from the enigma-filled novel.
A hugely inspiring novel that I adored from start to finish.
read more: http://prettylittlememoirs.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/book-review-cold-fusion-2000-by-karl.html
Now thirty years old and his life being in this rut, a sudden encounter finally unlocks him from this dilemma in his life to get him back into his better ways. He's fed up of getting bullied by the teenagers at the bus stop and fed up of getting dumped, so he was surprised when he was in a distressed way that he sees his ex Lucy (who dumped him for his best friend) and can't resist the temptation to tell her just what he thinks of her.
So...how did they end up going to a date?
And how come she isn't Lucy, and is in fact her twin sister; Jane?
A spark like a firework between them shocks him both. Alex didn't realise that he would fall back in love so quickly with someone who he thought had broken his heart. Jane isn't anything like Lucy, and is kind though secretive. She doesn't want to hurt Alex like her sister did, but she knows that she'll be leaving Alex's life in just three days. She doesn't want to lie, but she doesn't want to repeat the past and repeat Lucy's faults.
Intricate layers of family, life and love twist in to Cold Fusion 2000. With it's bittersweet ending and complicated characters, Karl writes with truth and hope in this coming-of-age novel. The characters are so ordinary, yet so distinctive and have all had a taste of an epiphany in their time. The past plays a huge part of the novel, but what it truly comes down to in the end is the outlook for the future and the peace that the characters have to make with their own pasts.
I was pleasantly surprised throughout the story with every new unveiling, and can say that this is a one-of-a-kind novel that can be interpreted in many different ways and that the reader plays a huge part in what they can take from the enigma-filled novel.
A hugely inspiring novel that I adored from start to finish.
read more: http://prettylittlememoirs.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/book-review-cold-fusion-2000-by-karl.html