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Zwei Und Zwei (2012)

by Mark Gartside(Favorite Author)

3.55 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

342619936X (ISBN13: 9783426199367)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Droemer

review 1: This rating may be skewed .... I was fondly led down the memory lane of my own youth, in conjunction with the principal protagonist, and was surprisingly nostalgic about it. Made up of alternating chapters from the 80s and present day, it highlights the differences, and similarities, of negotiating family and romantic relationships during adolescence 30 years apart. Also a sad but ultimately heart-warming story of one man's struggle to recover from tragic circumstances.
review 2: What can I say about this novel? It was allright. It was a nice and easy read. Which is strange, because the plot was not all that interesting - to me. Graham and Charlotte are childhood sweethearts, they break up once, then they're happy together until Charlotte dies unexpectantly and... more leaves Graham alone with their son. In many ways, and I hate to say it, this was quite boring. I would have loved to see more interaction between Graham and Micheal. Not when he was that 15-year old, but when he was still a kid. You know, the struggle of a single parent and all that. What I liked about his novel however is that Graham did not simply get rid of his alcoholism easily. It was - and would continue to be - a struggle. Made that aspect realistic. I thought it was clever to not have Charlotte die in some kind of car accident (as it usually seems to happen). Then again I would have foud it more believable had she not died and simply left the family. There are plenty of stories around, I feel, that deal with a dead parent. All in all, a nice read, but not much more. less

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