What a cracking book which rattles along, taking the reader on a journey of discovery, both of places and personalities. It is very much character driven, with constant tantalising hints of an unresolved mystery or issue.
I wasn’t very keen on the title and expected a more conventional sort of relationship story, so was pleasantly surprised when I found the personalities credible. Viv and Mick are well developed and easily imagined. Kate’s parents are not as vivid, but that is appropriate with the distance in her relationship from them. Kate herself came over as flawed and human.
I found the moving back and forth in time worked well, when sometimes you can lose the thread of what is happening, but in this case the back story is crucial to current events. There was a huge amount of information given in the final few chapters, but it worked well in tying up loose ends for me.
I had found the story a little slow to begin with, but by the end I felt that Ms Seddon had really found her voice, and this made the story very enjoyable
I wasn’t very keen on the title and expected a more conventional sort of relationship story, so was pleasantly surprised when I found the personalities credible. Viv and Mick are well developed and easily imagined. Kate’s parents are not as vivid, but that is appropriate with the distance in her relationship from them. Kate herself came over as flawed and human.
I found the moving back and forth in time worked well, when sometimes you can lose the thread of what is happening, but in this case the back story is crucial to current events. There was a huge amount of information given in the final few chapters, but it worked well in tying up loose ends for me.
I had found the story a little slow to begin with, but by the end I felt that Ms Seddon had really found her voice, and this made the story very enjoyable