Sunday, March 14, 2010

Book Review Never Say Never

This new novel by Lisa Wingate takes place in Daily, Texas. Although this is the third book in a series I did not feel like I was jumping into the middle of a story. This book follows two people (one a native of Daily and the other who has never been there) as their lives intersect during a hurricane and in its aftermath. The book alternates chapters between the two characters as the story progresses in chronological time.

This book captured my attention from the beginning and held it for the entire story. Going between the two main characters was a bit difficult at times as I would just get involved in what was happening to one character then I would have to switch mental tracks and jump to the other. Overall, though, the device worked well. I felt like the ending of the story was a bit abrupt. I think the author really needed to extend the last chapter by a few pages to finish tying up loose ends that were left. All in all, it was a very interesting story. I especially loved how the lives of two people who had never met became intertwined by an uncontrollable external force (the hurricane). So many of the people in our lives arrive by seemingly random acts like this - acts which in fact are not random at all.

I was given a free copy of this book to review by the publisher.

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