Ever since she was a teenager, Abigail has been receiving chapters of the mysterious "Guidebook" in the mail. Now she has a chance to find out the truth about it (or at least get a free weekend away, since the "Truth" is most likely just a sales pitch for an extortionate self-help course). When things turn out very different to how she expected, Abigail must decide whether to indulge a fantasy, or face the truth and let go of the past.
But perhaps the two can go hand in hand?
From page one, Gravity is the Thing had me literally laughing out loud. The tone of this book is so fantastically whimsical in a practical everyday sort of way, it's almost hard to describe. Abigail has a bit of a Miranda Hart thing going on, and I Iove the way her imagination works.The short snappy chapters were perfectly matched to the tone, and also highly effective at the whole "I'll just read one more" tactic.
This book is quick-witted, painfully honest, and miraculously heartfelt. I honestly don't know how Jaclyn Moriarty did it, because if I had read that last sentence before I picked up this book, I'm not sure I ever would have read it. Heartfelt and honest are not what I usually look for in a book, and I normally gag at the cheese and comfort of those sad but empowering real human novels that seem to always involve an unlikely romance and someone who has a terminal illness. Gravity is the Thing, however, seems to encompass everything good about those books without taking on any of the cheap emotive fluff. The raw pain and uncertainty of life shine through the often hilarious scenes of Abigail's life in a way that seems to relate to my own questions and fears.
I would absolutely recommend this book to a lot of people. Anyone who wants a break from heavily plotted novels to just have a good laugh at some quirky humour and enjoy a thoughtful, well-narrated story should definitely give this a go. For fans of quirky romances and stories like About Time, The Age of Adeline and The Dressmaker.
But perhaps the two can go hand in hand?
From page one, Gravity is the Thing had me literally laughing out loud. The tone of this book is so fantastically whimsical in a practical everyday sort of way, it's almost hard to describe. Abigail has a bit of a Miranda Hart thing going on, and I Iove the way her imagination works.The short snappy chapters were perfectly matched to the tone, and also highly effective at the whole "I'll just read one more" tactic.
This book is quick-witted, painfully honest, and miraculously heartfelt. I honestly don't know how Jaclyn Moriarty did it, because if I had read that last sentence before I picked up this book, I'm not sure I ever would have read it. Heartfelt and honest are not what I usually look for in a book, and I normally gag at the cheese and comfort of those sad but empowering real human novels that seem to always involve an unlikely romance and someone who has a terminal illness. Gravity is the Thing, however, seems to encompass everything good about those books without taking on any of the cheap emotive fluff. The raw pain and uncertainty of life shine through the often hilarious scenes of Abigail's life in a way that seems to relate to my own questions and fears.
I would absolutely recommend this book to a lot of people. Anyone who wants a break from heavily plotted novels to just have a good laugh at some quirky humour and enjoy a thoughtful, well-narrated story should definitely give this a go. For fans of quirky romances and stories like About Time, The Age of Adeline and The Dressmaker.