132,957
edits
Changes
From TheBookbag
Jump to navigationJump to searchAfter You'd Gone by Maggie O'Farrell (view source)
Revision as of 14:22, 28 February 2018
, 14:22, 28 February 2018no edit summary
{{infoboxinfobox1
|title=After You'd Gone
|author=Maggie O'Farrell
|buy=Yes
|borrow=Yes
|pages=384
|publisher=Headline Review
|date=April 5, 2001
|isbn=0747268169
|amazonukcover=<amazonuk>0747268169</amazonuk>|amazonusaznuk=0747268169|aznus=<amazonus>0747268169</amazonus>
}}
On a whim Alice Raikes takes a train to Edinburgh to see her family. She has only been there a few minutes when she sees something which she finds so upsetting that she immediately boards the train back to Kings Cross. Within hours she is hit by a car in London traffic and is taken to hospital in a coma. Was this an accident or a suicide attempt? What was it that she saw in Edinburgh that so upset her? Her family gathers at her bedside as Alice drifts through varying levels of consciousness and her story is revealed in a series of flashbacks.
{{toptentext|list=Top Ten Books For Your Auntie}}
{{amazontext|amazon=0747268169}} {{waterstonestextamazonUStext|waterstonesamazon=54237200747268169}}
{{commenthead}}
|name=lhine
|verb=said
|comment= I found this book hard to get into and understand at first also, but after the story developed it was hard to put down and well worth the read. I agree that you had to concentrate to follow the story, but the characters were all well developed and the story engrossing.
I don't agree that it is similar in style to Behind the Scenes at the Museum which is also a very good book but features more humour and it written in a different style.}}
|verb=replied
|comment=Thanks for pointing that out - I've now corrected it. And yes - I agree that it's amazing.}}
{{comment
|name= Emily Robertson
|verb= said
|comment= I finished this book within the last fifteen minutes and felt the urge to look up reviews as I wasn't ready to finish it.
I agree with all the other comments,its hard to get into when you dont commit.
But once you do, you find yourself unable to put it down or constantly thinking about finding ten minutes where you can sneak in a chapter or two, such as my train journey to college.
After john died, I had to keep having small breaks as I was crying too much to read. It was wriiten in such a raw and moving way. I dont think it would have the same effect on someone who isn't in a relationship as the most painful thing is, you relate it to your life, and it is so true to the emotions you can only imagine to feel if you were to loose you husband/partner.
I loved the structure, I felt as if i really understood each character in great depth, especially Ann and Alice.
The progression of Aice and Johns relationship was written so beautifulling, it actually made me miss my boyfriend! Maggie O'Farrell built a little world for me to escape to.
I was so consumed that I was regularly late for college or to meet friends, i thougherly recommend this book to anyone.
I think it shares similaritys to 'The Time Travellors Wife' due to the structure and themes.
}}
