The News Where You Are by Catherine O’Flynn
As prologues
go the one in The News Where You Are is up there with the best. It leaves you
hooked and desperate to find out more and sets the tone for what is a moving
and uplifting novel.
This is a
real page-turner of a book. Easy to read the chapters flow in quick time.
Catherine O’Flynn has established a unique writing style, which at first takes
a little getting used to, but once mastered offers an engaging tale which leads
you down unknown paths as though each page is a step through an undiscovered
country.
Every chapter tells its own little story and sometimes doesn’t reveal the main characters until the third or fourth paragraph. In others, it will take the reader down one route only to finish on something completely different.
In the end all the chapters come together to create a revealing climax in what is a great book.
The News Where You Are is about life, love and loss. It will have you laughing out loud as well as being brought close to tears.
Legacy has become a buzz word in 2012 and The News Where You Are provides a series of examples of what type of legacies are created from a person’s life. It looks at the consequences of their relationships, actions and work, and how this impacts the generations which follow.
Many in the book fail to create a successful and worthwhile legacy, with others hoping they learn from those lessons to avoid following the same path.
The Review of Books Score: 4/5
This is a
real page-turner of a book. Easy to read the chapters flow in quick time.
Catherine O’Flynn has established a unique writing style, which at first takes
a little getting used to, but once mastered offers an engaging tale which leads
you down unknown paths as though each page is a step through an undiscovered
country.Every chapter tells its own little story and sometimes doesn’t reveal the main characters until the third or fourth paragraph. In others, it will take the reader down one route only to finish on something completely different.
In the end all the chapters come together to create a revealing climax in what is a great book.
The News Where You Are is about life, love and loss. It will have you laughing out loud as well as being brought close to tears.
Legacy has become a buzz word in 2012 and The News Where You Are provides a series of examples of what type of legacies are created from a person’s life. It looks at the consequences of their relationships, actions and work, and how this impacts the generations which follow.
Many in the book fail to create a successful and worthwhile legacy, with others hoping they learn from those lessons to avoid following the same path.
The Review of Books Score: 4/5
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