In the immortal
words of one Ms Oprah Winfrey... “GAAAAAAAAAAHH!”
The only way I
can start this is by saying - this a bloody brilliant book. Not only is it so
pretty (!) but omg the story, the writing, the everything is amazing.
The
story follows a very narcissistic man who is involved in a car accident that
leaves him horrifically burnt all over his body. While he spends a long time
recovering in hospital, a woman named Marriane Engel comes into his room,
befriends him, and tells him that they were once lovers in a former life. What
happens next is a beautifully told, with a real sense of intuition and
imagination. This novel is so wonderfully epic, its hard to believe that it is
all kept within the pages of a book and I love that about reading. Davidson does
a great job of then guiding the reader along as we follow our nameless main
character, as well as the story that Marriane Engel gradually unfolds.
The
only negative I can find with this book is that it does take a while to get
into. But, good lord, if there’s ever a book that you just need to invest a bit
of time in, this is it because you will be so rewarded in the end. I finished
this with a mixture of every different feeling and it is definitely one I plan
on rereading again and again!
The blurb now I’ll stop blurbing myself:
“A young man is fighting for his life.
Into his room walks a bewitching woman who
believes she can save him.
Their journey will have you believing in the
impossible.”
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