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Cargando... Lost & Found (2007)por Jacqueline Sheehan
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. I had a hard time relating to the "quirky" characters. I felt the author tried to hard to shock the reader and took away from the "realness" of the characters. The plot itself wasn't bad, but the author wrecked it with her need to make memorable characters. I would not have finished if it weren't for my Bookclub; however, I have to say that the ending moved very fast so that was fun. This book turned out to be so much more than I was expecting. For some reason, I thought it was going to be a light, fluffy, chick-lit read (which I love) but it proved to be much darker (in a good way). I loved the parts about synesthesia, which I find fascinating, and I thought the author did a really good job depicting the stages of grieving, including the occasional irrationality of a person (and an animal) facing a loss so deep they're not sure they'll ever return from it. Highly recommended. After her loss, Rocky is filled with grief and confusion. She needs to get away from her "life." She carves out a new life on Peak's Island off Maine. She slowly makes new friends and connections especially to Lloyd. These friends along with time help her manage the grief, find her vitality and regain her 'can-do' spirit and personality. She finds herself looking forward to life. Positive, romantic and sweet read. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
An unforgettable tale of love, loss, and moving on--with the help of one not-so-little dog... After the death of her husband, Rocky flees to Peak's Island, a tiny speck off the coast of Maine, a million miles away from everything she's lost. Taking a job as an Animal Warden, Rocky meets Lloyd, a large Labrador retriever, who enters her world with a primitive arrow sticking out of his shoulder. And so begins a remarkable friendship between a wounded woman and an injured, lovable beast. Can the magic of Peak's Island and its quirky residents heal Rocky's pain? As the unraveling mystery of Lloyd's accident and missing owner leads Rocky to an archery instructor who draws her in even as she finds every reason to mistrust him, she discovers the life-altering revelation that grief can be transformed...and joy does exist in unexpected places. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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What I loved about the book was that it did just pull me along with the light and quirky characters. Although, that is quite a juxtaposition with the severity of the situations dealt with in the book–losing your husband young and a young girl with anorexia. While the writing was light, I do feel like those two topics were appropriately dealt with in the narrative.
On the other hand, I’m not a large fan of drawing me into the story with a death. The death in this case really didn’t tie into the story except for the fact that it provided motivation for Rocky to go to the island. To that end, it felt almost out of place within this particular story. The real hook to the story within the book comes when the dog arrives with an arrow protruding from his side. To me, that would have been enough of an enticement to draw me forward into the story.
Reposted from my blog: https://susanstradiotto.com/2018/12/13/lost-found-by-jacueline-sheehan/
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