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Sea of Tranquility
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bookshelves: audiobook, kindle, historical-fiction, science-fiction, fantasy, canada, lgbt, libby, library-c
May 08, 2022
bookshelves: audiobook, kindle, historical-fiction, science-fiction, fantasy, canada, lgbt, libby, library-c
No star burns forever.
2.5⭐
This time-traveling novel follows characters from 4 different centuries. I thought the future would be my favorite but quite the opposite, 1912 grabbed my attention the most, a young man who saw something strange in a forest. He arrived in Halifax and traveled across Canada, descriptions of the landscape were incredible.
The present-day (2020) story was confusing for me and I had to listen a few times. A woman captures a strange anomaly on video. But she's not any woman, her name is Vincent, a character from the author's previous book with a brother referred to as "the composer". Omg, I was lost quite a bit. This timeline is "cleverly" or "confusingly" woven with characters from the author's 2020 The Glass Hotel.
The future part includes an author from 2200 from a moon colony who did a book tour on earth. She wrote a bestselling Pandemic book. Then the distant future in 2400 with The Time Institute. Another confusing section, but I refuse to relisten. I'm guessing this is the author's Station Eleven.
I find certain times more interesting than others. I usually enjoy time-traveling themes but this one didn't fully grab my attention, a great start then fizzles. Maybe I feel the book is somewhat disjointed. I didn't care for the characters except for Edwin in 1912. Many love her books, but I've come to a conclusion this is not an author for me.
All four narrators were very good, but John Lee was superb!!
2.5⭐
This time-traveling novel follows characters from 4 different centuries. I thought the future would be my favorite but quite the opposite, 1912 grabbed my attention the most, a young man who saw something strange in a forest. He arrived in Halifax and traveled across Canada, descriptions of the landscape were incredible.
The present-day (2020) story was confusing for me and I had to listen a few times. A woman captures a strange anomaly on video. But she's not any woman, her name is Vincent, a character from the author's previous book with a brother referred to as "the composer". Omg, I was lost quite a bit. This timeline is "cleverly" or "confusingly" woven with characters from the author's 2020 The Glass Hotel.
The future part includes an author from 2200 from a moon colony who did a book tour on earth. She wrote a bestselling Pandemic book. Then the distant future in 2400 with The Time Institute. Another confusing section, but I refuse to relisten. I'm guessing this is the author's Station Eleven.
I find certain times more interesting than others. I usually enjoy time-traveling themes but this one didn't fully grab my attention, a great start then fizzles. Maybe I feel the book is somewhat disjointed. I didn't care for the characters except for Edwin in 1912. Many love her books, but I've come to a conclusion this is not an author for me.
All four narrators were very good, but John Lee was superb!!
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May 08, 2022 01:56PM
Excellent and very honest review, Kay! Just sorry it wasn't more enjoyable. Thank goodness for good ole John Lee! 😅 ♡
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Tracy wrote: "Excellent and very honest review, Kay! Just sorry it wasn't more enjoyable. Thank goodness for good ole John Lee! 😅 ♡"He's so goood! Thank you, Tracy!!
Kaceey wrote: "Terrific review Kay!💖"Thank you Kaceey!💓
Great review! I've found that when a novel spans several decades, or occurs in several eras, it's almost ALWAYS the historical sections that are the richest and most enjoyable.
Berengaria wrote: "Great review! I've found that when a novel spans several decades, or occurs in several eras, it's almost ALWAYS the historical sections that are the richest and most enjoyable."That's the case for mee, thank you Berengaria!
Whitney Erwin wrote: "Lovely review, Kay!"Thank you Whitney!
Holly wrote: "Wouldn't be for me, Great review Kay!"Thank you, Holly!
Great review, Kay! Sorry you didn’t enjoy this more!
Maureen ( NOT RECEIVING NOTIFICATIONS) wrote: "Great honest review Kay!"Thank you Maureen!
Jasmine wrote: "Great review, Kay! Sorry you didn’t enjoy this more!"Me toooo 😭thank you, Jasmine!
Great review, Kay! Sorry this fell a bit short. I have it on my tbr, but I'm going to keep my expectations low. ;)
Spot on Kay, you said it much better than I did.
Wonderful review, Kay! I am going to lower my expectations for this one.
Reviews are all over the place for this one but enough lowered expectations comments for me means dropping it. Great review!!
Yun wrote: "Great review, Kay! Sorry this fell a bit short. I have it on my tbr, but I'm going to keep my expectations low. ;)"If it's any indication, her two other books I also rated 3 stars. I hope you'll love it, Yun!!
John wrote: "Spot on Kay, you said it much better than I did."Too bad this one wasn't for us...Thank you, John! 😊
Meredith wrote: "Wonderful review, Kay! I am going to lower my expectations for this one."Thank you. I hope you'll love Meredith, I saw many 5 stars. 💓
Heidi wrote: "Reviews are all over the place for this one but enough lowered expectations comments for me means dropping it. Great review!!"Thank you Heidi! The beginning was good and I thought I finally found one I like from this author. 😣
I’ll skip this book, Kay. Hope you’ll enjoy your next read! Stellar review 🌷
Thank you Niguen! I saw The Glass Hotel on your list, I hope that you'll enjoy it. 😊
Sorry it didn't fully grab your attention but a great review still! 💙
I am so sorry that you didn't love this one Kay, I find it hard to enjoy a book when it doesn't have my attention! Thank you for your great and honest review! 🧡
Tina wrote: "Sorry it didn't fully grab your attention but a great review still! 💙"Thank you so much, Tina!💓
Ellie wrote: "I am so sorry that you didn't love this one Kay, I find it hard to enjoy a book when it doesn't have my attention! Thank you for your great and honest review! 🧡"Thank you, Ellie!🌼
Sorry it was a miss, I have seen quite a few mixed reviews for this one.
Not a happy tranquil read then. Fabulous review Kay 💖
Melissa (In Catch-Up Mode) wrote: "Sorry it was a miss, I have seen quite a few mixed reviews for this one."I hope that you'll enjoy it, Melissa, I see it on your TBR! 😊
Margaret M wrote: "Not a happy tranquil read then. Fabulous review Kay 💖"Thank you, Margaret. Unfortunately not for me, I hope that you'll love it!💕
Great review, Kay! I have this on my TBR but I've been putting off reading it because I don't want to be disappointed. I very much like her writing (and not much a fan of time travel stories at all) but I've had a horrendous run of the latest offerings of some of my favourite authors. Your review has helped me so thank you very much. :)I hope your current read is a better one.
Thank you, Anissa! I hope that you'll enjoy this one more than I did. I saw that you enjoyed Station Eleven so that's a good sign this will work for you!😊
Great review! I have this one to be read, but I don’t have great expectations, as recently I was extremely disappointed with “Station Eleven”.
Thank you, Nilton! I hope you'll like this one more when you read it. 😊
Awesome review, Kay! How disappointing that it fell short! 💕
Thank you Fran, yes too bad I really enjoyed the first part of it. 🌸
Dear Kay I have been listening to this one on Audio. I think I'm going to send it back. I agree the first part was pretty good but this story (stories) are not for me. What is really going on? Are they all time travellers? 🤷🏻♀️
Sorry to hear it, Tina. Only the old time grabbed my attention too. The section that is in the year 2401 with the Time Institute sent detectives to investigate and will give you the answers. It was pretty confusing for me to listen to this book with characters from different times! It's hard to keep them straight.
Wonderful honest review Kay! 🙂
Interesting review, Kay! I totally understand your confusion if you haven't read The Glass Hotel first (Station Eleven doesn't play a part in this book.)Yeah, this book isn't for everyone.
I always find you and me have similar tastes in some of the books that don't work for us, Kay 😁. I felt very similarly about this one too. Fantastic review! 🤍
Tina wrote: "Thanks Kay for that info!"🤗
Karen wrote: "Wonderful honest review Kay! 🙂"Thank you, Karen. Glad you enjoyed this one!💞
Debbie wrote: "Interesting review, Kay! I totally understand your confusion if you haven't read The Glass Hotel first (Station Eleven doesn't play a part in this book.)Yeah, this ..."
😆I read both of the books you mentioned, but I always had a hard time connecting and remembering her characters. Probably safe to say she isn't an author for me. Glad you enjoyed it, Debbie!
Esta wrote: "I always find you and me have similar tastes in some of the books that don't work for us, Kay 😁. I felt very similarly about this one too. Fantastic review! 🤍"I agree! Too bad this didn't work for either of us Esta!💞
Excellent review Kay! I too think I wouldve probably liked the story set in the future as a first thought! Sorry it did not deliver! At least you know its not an author for you.
Jenny wrote: "Excellent review Kay! I too think I wouldve probably liked the story set in the future as a first thought! Sorry it did not deliver! At least you know its not an author for you."I thought I would love it at first with the premise so interesting. Thank you, Jenny!
