Unabridged Audiobook
My second Kate Atkinson book, I saw the movie life after life and was enthralled. In my 3rd Atkinson now
Disappointed. Complex plot involving multiple seemingly unreated characters that I hoped would all make sense in the end. It didn't. One character bemoaned the fact that at our death, we don't necessarily get to understand everything about our life and maybe that was considered reason enough to not tie this story together better. But this is a book and I think we like to lose ourselves in a story because in the end, there is some satisfying resolution or explanation. Depending too heavily on coincidence rather than an intricate plotline felt too lame for this accomplished author. I had read Life After Life and A God in Ruins (both amazing) and maybe I just expected too much...
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