Vita dopo vita

Questo libro non sono proprio riuscito a finire di leggerlo... mi sono arreso poco oltre la metà! Non è il mio genere e lo sapevo già in partenza, ma addirittura continuare nella lettura di una trama piatta e monotona mi è sembrato veramente troppo! La storia, inoltre, richiedeva moltissima attenzione (e tanta tanta pazienza) nello scovare i cambiamenti della trama stessa in cui, di volta in volta, incappava Ursula, la povera protagonista. Cambiamenti e dettagli che le permettevano di salvarsi e poter andare avanti con la sua vita... sino alla morte successiva. Forse l'intenzione primaria dell'autrice di questo libro era di portare il lettore a porsi la classica e fatidica domanda "E se in quella data occasione mi sarei comportato/a in un certo modo invece che in quest'altro, come sarebbe cambiata la mia vita e di coloro che mi stanno accanto tutti i giorni?". Ma, alle buoni intenzioni non sono seguiti i fatti... ed ecco, perciò, che ci ritroviamo con una protagonista che non lascia proprio il segno e che, in un certo senso, cominciava a starmi pure antipatica.

kate atkinson has written a lovely, accordion-fold of a novel here. this is not a jackson brodie novel, which are always much better than your typical detective novels, (even though i haven't read the last one yet - merp), but this one is just so much more ambitious in scope and style than even those Leggi tutto

What if you had the chance to live your life again and again, until you finally got it right? Ursula Todd is born in a snowstorm in England in 1910 but dies before she can take her first breath. During that same snowstorm she was born again and lives to tell the tale; again and again. Life after Life Leggi tutto

I wanted to like this book. I wish I could enjoy it. I bought it with such enthusiasm, and couldn't wait to start reading it. But alas, I sensed almost at the very start that it wasn't going to be a happy relationship - a point confirmed by mid-way through the book. The length, the repetitive scenes, Leggi tutto

DECEMBER 2013 Paul Bryant had really only just started driving back home, was still trying with his left hand to jam the seat belt buckle into its lock, and – multitasking like mad - he was thinking about how to review Life After Life , and probably getting too caught up in the various amusing ways it Leggi tutto

I love book about someone reliving their lives over and over and this one was no exception! Historical fiction this time and finally with a main female character. The first half was my favorite but if you usually enjoy WW2 historical fiction you'll enjoy the book for sure. It was a slow but captivati Leggi tutto

“Don’t you wonder sometimes,” Ursula said. “If just one small thing had been changed, in the past, I mean. If Hitler had died at birth, or if someone had kidnapped him as a baby and brought him up in---I don’t know, say, a Quaker household—surely things would be different.” Kate Atkinson, author Leggi tutto

Oh dear dear dear dear dear! Obviously I'm on another planet to all the other reviewers here, but try as I might, I simply had to give up on page 265...and call it a day. The concept of constant re-births and lives was a good one but sadly, for me,the incidents throughout were so tame and tepid, and t Leggi tutto

Ursula Todd is born in the midst of a blizzard in 1910, not once, but many times, during the course of her life - living only to die and be born again, repeatedly, traveling many paths until she lives the life she was meant to live. Kate Atkinson's writing is superb, and lyrical enough that it carrie Leggi tutto

I’m rating this book two stars only on a technicality…which is that technically speaking, this book sucks. Ursula Todd is an English-born nobody. Born into a large wealthy family, there isn’t a whole lot about her that stands out. She shares a closeness with one or two of her siblings, but overall sh Leggi tutto

“What if we had a chance to do it again and again, until we finally did get it right? Wouldn't that be wonderful?” Life After Life is a novel I probably wouldn't have chosen for myself. And how sad it is to think that I might have passed this novel over and never known these characters and relati Leggi tutto