Douglas Westerbeke
Autor de A Short Walk Through a Wide World
Obras de Douglas Westerbeke
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In the end, this feels like a story about how empty life is without meaningful attachments. We follow the main character who cannot stop moving, and who will not allow anyone to travel with her for extended periods of time, so all her relationships are fleeting and we do not get attached to anyone. This is somewhere between fantasy and magical realism, and I think I wanted it to be more one or the other. Explain the puzzle ball to me, or make traveling more logical, or something.
I loved this book! It was a real adventure, though I do think the pace slowed down towards the end. I wanted more. I feel like we could have gone on more of a journey with Aubrey. Another hundred pages or so. The storytelling was unique and interesting.
“She is practiced at the art of leaving. No loss of composure, no tears.”
“Perhaps her illness is a rejection of the sedentary life, her body rebelling against an inertia that mankind has, over the millennia, eased itself into.”
It is Paris, 1885 and we are introduced to Aubry Tourval, a headstrong, precocious nine year old. Soon after she finds a strange wooden puzzle ball in her backyard, she becomes seriously ill and begins to bleed out. After medical treatment fails to cure her, her parents move her outside the city and she recovers immediately. She discovers she cannot stay in one place for more than a few days at a time, so this begins Aubry’s lifelong journey, staying ahead of this dreadful disease. She travels the world many times in the next 60 years, meeting scores of different people, finding romance and adventure, along the way. This was a fun ride. An easy, narrative to follow, with plenty of colorful characters and places to visit on her serpentine voyage.… (más)
“Perhaps her illness is a rejection of the sedentary life, her body rebelling against an inertia that mankind has, over the millennia, eased itself into.”
It is Paris, 1885 and we are introduced to Aubry Tourval, a headstrong, precocious nine year old. Soon after she finds a strange wooden puzzle ball in her backyard, she becomes seriously ill and begins to bleed out. After medical treatment fails to cure her, her parents move her outside the city and she recovers immediately. She discovers she cannot stay in one place for more than a few days at a time, so this begins Aubry’s lifelong journey, staying ahead of this dreadful disease. She travels the world many times in the next 60 years, meeting scores of different people, finding romance and adventure, along the way. This was a fun ride. An easy, narrative to follow, with plenty of colorful characters and places to visit on her serpentine voyage.… (más)
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Estadísticas
- Obras
- 1
- Miembros
- 166
- Popularidad
- #127,845
- Valoración
- 3.7
- Reseñas
- 5
- ISBNs
- 2
*I received an arc from the publisher through NetGalley for an honest review