The Book Depository The State We're In by Adele Parks
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Description: The State We're In : Paperback : Headline Publishing Group : 9780755371396 : : 16 Jan 2014 : Sunday Times bestseller Adele Parks gets right to the heart of the dilemmas women - and men - face in their lives in this unforgettable and heart-wrenching novel of love, loss, and the secrets we all keep. The Book Depository The State We're In by Adele Parks - shop the best deal online on thebookbug.co.uk
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Product ID: 9780755371396
MPN: 9780755371396
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Author: xVickyLeighx
Rating: 5
Review: I'll cut to the chase here, I am an Adele Parks fan, ever since I read 'Playing Away' her first novel she's had me hooked. I'm not going to lie about that fact, but I will try and make this a constructive review (and as unbiased as possible). I'm not a general fan of book reviews where the reviewer proclaims that the book is the author's 'best yet', but this is most definitely Adele's best yet. I've always admired Adele's style of writing, she is brutally honest and personally I don't view her as a 'chick lit' author, I just view her as an author, one I particularly like. I didn't know an awful lot about the book before I started reading it, there has been an air of mystery about it. I knew it was about two people meeting on a plane, for I had read this synopsis: What are the odds that the stranger sitting next to you on a plane is destined to change your life? Especially when they appear to be your opposite in every way. She's a life-long optimist, looking for her soul mate in every man she meets; he's a resolute cynic - cruel experience has taught him never to put his faith in anyone. People can surprise you. In the time it takes to fly from London to Chicago, each finds something in the other that they didn't even realise they needed. Their pasts are such that they can never make one another happy and it's when they get off the plane that their true journey begins... But I knew very little else, and I didn't want to. I like reading books that haven't had the story splashed all over the internet weeks before their publication date. To me, the whole point of a decent book is not to want to put it down because you NEED to know what happens next. Not put it down because you know exactly what happens next! Adele doesn't disappoint, I finished the book in less than two days (even with working full shifts) because I couldn't wait to find out what happened. Dean really is the resolute cynic that the synopsis suggests and Jo the life-long optimist, until she discovers something that has huge significance for both of them, past, present and future. I really don't want to give anything away, it's definitely a book that you need to read for yourself. The ending is certainly not the ending I was expecting, all I can say is, if you've read it - #keepthesecret
Author: Gilbster
Rating: 3
Review: The writing was very good, clear and concise, and it was obvious that the book had to be building to something, however for the majority of my reading, I felt as though I was getting nowhere with it, and was struggling to get excited about continuing. Towards the end that all changed, when everything clicked, and wow was I annoyed when I ran out of train journey just as I was enjoying the book. However for me a great ending isn't enough, a story needs to capture and hold my attention throughout, and I think its in part that I struggled initially to work out who the characters were, and then as I got used to them realised I didn't particularly like any of them just didn't help. The book started with a couple of interesting chapters set in the past, outlining aspects of the two main characters, but not necessarily from the points of view that would follow as we got more up to date, so I felt a bit disconnected until I was able to place who came from each initial chapter! The odds are had I read this at a different time in my life, or even on a different day, I may have enjoyed it a lot more, and I hate to use a cliche (or destroy one) but "its not you, it's me" This was the first Adele Parks book I had read for many years, and it might be that if I was more in tune with her writing style I may have found this an easier and more engaging read. Fans of the author that haven't read this yet will probably enjoy it though.
