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The Broken Man (2013)

by Josephine Cox(Favorite Author)

3.41 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0007419899 (ISBN13: 9780007419890)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

HarperCollins

review 1: Well, the reviews I read about this book were not very inspiring but I already had the book so I got on with it. I really got carried along with the story of Adam, heartbreaking it was, I just had to know what would become of him. It only took me 2 days to get to find out, what a relief, at last poor Adam was okay. But what of Anne? She had sooo many loose ends to tie up, her husband may be detained in an institution but he is still her husband, we didn't hear that this had been sorted, are we supposed to make up our own ending to that particular storyline? I was keen to hear more of Anne but as Adam's future was made clear I realised there were not enough pages left to tell me about Anne, VERY disappointing ........ very, very strange for the author to end the book there.... more Oh, and who is the broken man of the title? Can't be Adam as he's just a boy, surely not Edward Carter, how, why?
review 2: A book which can hit home emotionally. The Story of this young boy and the events which unfold is upsetting to say the least. Throughout the whole book, my favourite friendship was between Anne and Sally.I do have some issues, just things I wasn't too keen on. This is a well written book which passes scenes over like it was a movie. For the first part of the book, you spend a good few hours (in-book time) reading about this young boy Adam and his close friendship with Phil. I do feel however, sometimes, it felt like the writing was just there to fill in the pages. The constant remarks about the same subject straight after another was something I didn't like. Sometimes it just got to the stage where it felt a little repetative. As the book progresses, the book really does start to pick up and it's a really enjoyable read.I also didn't feel like the scenes was placed good. Sometimes you wouuld read about something, then it just cuts to something else. Then, you will get a scene which back tracks to the point it left at, a good few pages back. It got a little confusing.Another thing was the missing sections. Things we just never found out. I'm not going to spoil any of the story but sometimes when reading, I was just left pondering to myself, what did he do next? What happens after? There is just certain sections of the book which feel was a little empty. Almost as though they have just been cut from the book.This is my first read of a Josephine Cox book. I did really enjoy reading this book. some parts could have almost brought a tear to my eye (maybe some even did!), and the way the book is written as though it could be a script for a movie is well done. I do rate this book high. It became addictive to read. less

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