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The Quality of Silence
by Rosamund Lupton
This book was good, but I say that hesitatingly. The writing was razor sharp, and so specifically immersive. The characters were written vibrantly and honestly, so I wanted to follow them through their story (10-year old Ruby, whose deaf, is terrific). Lupton created incredible plot tension and suspense -- I read the majority of the book in just a few hours. The eco-consciousness was interesting and thought provoking
But...that suspenseful plot that made me keep reading was also unbelievable.
I'd recommend it, because it has so many strong points, and if you can get around implausibility (as we SO OFTEN DO to read anything), it's so enjoyable. However, if you can't get around circumstances that feel extraordinarily far-fetched, this could be a hard book to stomach. A beautiful astrophysicist (I did NOT like the beautiful-woman-as-plot-point thing) with a dead daughter drives across Alaskan ice roads in the middle of of a furious snowstorm? Tough.
I received a copy of this book through a Goodreads giveaway, FYI.
But...that suspenseful plot that made me keep reading was also unbelievable.
I'd recommend it, because it has so many strong points, and if you can get around implausibility (as we SO OFTEN DO to read anything), it's so enjoyable. However, if you can't get around circumstances that feel extraordinarily far-fetched, this could be a hard book to stomach. A beautiful astrophysicist (I did NOT like the beautiful-woman-as-plot-point thing) with a dead daughter drives across Alaskan ice roads in the middle of of a furious snowstorm? Tough.
I received a copy of this book through a Goodreads giveaway, FYI.