by Alix Ohlin
This book was really close to a five star rating. Ultimately I did not feel like there was quite enough differentiation between the characters and so it ended up as a four star.As an amateur actor (and especially after just finishing Micheal Green's Art of Coarse acting), I liked some of Anne's com...
It was okay, but I didn't bother to finish it. I know why would I rate it a 3 then? Well I think other people will like it.
I like a book that explores human emotion and how one deals with trauma. This book handles the subject very well and shows how people deal with trauma in different ways.Tug is haunted by his time in Africa and finds it extremely difficult to cope in the comfortable world. Annie struggles with her ...
3.5 stars. Understated yet enjoyable book with very real characters, but no strong plot.I liked the way this book was written. I don’t remember the author going into much detail describing the characters, but I found it very easy to imagine these characters as real people to the point where halfway ...
The writing was fine. I just didn't feel anything for the characters or the plot at all.
What happens inside, behind closed doors, in private moments, and in minds and hearts: that's the stuff of Alix Ohlin's novel."'He wouldn’t let me in,' she said, 'and I refused to stay out.'"Mitch's mother says that of his father. She is not a character with whom readers spend a lot of time, but her...
"Let me out!" (response to the book "Inside").The novel is arranged into chapters focusing on several different characters in different years; it hops back and forth between years and character viewpoints. I like that style, for it promises various insights that sometimes are dependently available...
Reviewed in Shelf Awareness for Readers (6/8/2012): http://www.shelf-awareness.com/readers-issue.html?issue=101#m1983
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