Publish Date: September 25, 2012
Format: Audio
Discs: 8
ISBN: 978 1442354128
Two women, each
cast adrift by unforeseen events in their lives, meet by accident on a
Nantucket beach and are drawn into a friendship.
Olivia is a young
mother whose eight-year-old severely autistic son has recently died. Her marriage badly frayed by years of stress,
she comes to the island in a trail separation to try and make sense of the
tragedy of her Anthony’s short life.
Beth, a
stay-a-home mother of three, is also recently separated after discovering her
husband’s long-term infidelity. In an
attempt to recapture a sense of her pre-married life, she rekindles her passion
for writing, determined to find her own voice again. But surprisingly, as she does so, Beth also
finds herself channeling the voice of an unknown boy, exuberant in his
perceptions of the world around him if autistic is his expression – a voice she
can share with Olivia – (is it Anthony?) – that brings comfort and meaning to
them both.
My Thoughts
I've had a hard time writing this review as the book and author came highly recommended by a number of people and it just fell flat to me and was rather disappointing I'm not a fan of a story told from multiple POV and 2 separate story lines when they have no connection to each other until later on in the book. This is a huge pet peeve of mine. While I loved the audio narration, done by Debra Messing, I found the story to be pretty boring and uninteresting. Olivia's life is boring. Beth's is equally as boring. There was no character development Then Beth starts writing a very unrealistic novel about a boy with autism, who happens to be exactly like Anthony, Olivia's son. Her novel is told from his perspective which I found to be a bit far fetched. Beth's novel ultimately ties her and Olivia together (shocker) which I felt was an awkward friendship. Overall I just wasn't a fan of this novel, my first of Lisa Genova's. I fell like 3 stars was being generous with his one, it just wasn't for me.
My Rating: «««
My Thoughts
I've had a hard time writing this review as the book and author came highly recommended by a number of people and it just fell flat to me and was rather disappointing I'm not a fan of a story told from multiple POV and 2 separate story lines when they have no connection to each other until later on in the book. This is a huge pet peeve of mine. While I loved the audio narration, done by Debra Messing, I found the story to be pretty boring and uninteresting. Olivia's life is boring. Beth's is equally as boring. There was no character development Then Beth starts writing a very unrealistic novel about a boy with autism, who happens to be exactly like Anthony, Olivia's son. Her novel is told from his perspective which I found to be a bit far fetched. Beth's novel ultimately ties her and Olivia together (shocker) which I felt was an awkward friendship. Overall I just wasn't a fan of this novel, my first of Lisa Genova's. I fell like 3 stars was being generous with his one, it just wasn't for me.
My Rating: «««
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The reviews made here are my personal opinion. I’m not being paid to review any of these books. I am by no means a professional book reviewer or editor. I do this for the love of books.
The reviews made here are my personal opinion. I’m not being paid to review any of these books. I am by no means a professional book reviewer or editor. I do this for the love of books.
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