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Potraga Za Suncem (2012)

by Tony Parsons(Favorite Author)

3.06 of 5 Votes: 1

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Laguna

review 1: A book of several parts I think...the first when we learn what Tom and tess are running from, what they've got themselves into, and learn about the nature of the relationships of the four family members.And then, surprisingly to me, the tsunami hit,I want expecting that, and for a little while this became my favourite Parsons book..although the incident itself was dealt with quickly,I liked the road the story was taking, with the family actually making this place their home...and then it changed again, and I never quite got back that fuzzy feeling I was getting...Still rates a three, but so nearly could have been better.
review 2: I have read a few books by Tony Parsons, so was looking forward to reading this one.Sadly I was really disappointed. The plot was di... moresjointed, characters were flat and editing was sloppy. For example on the first page it states:Rory is laid on his front with a book on his lapThe story is about a father (Tom) fleeing from broken Britain to start again in Thailand. His reasons for leaving I imagine, echo those that are currently felt by many. Recession, no jobs, break down of moral values. Tom ends up moving his young family to Thailand where he works for a corrupt property business and finds himself in prison. Then he becomes a tsunami hero, then he rescues a gibbon, then he sets his mate up with a bride, then his wife falls pregnant, then blah blah blah. There is a lot happening but the plot never seems to move on. It felt like Tony had lots of ideas and couldn't bring himself to fix on one. Worst of all, at end and out of the blue, the story contradicts everything this book is supposed to be about. I predicted some of the plot such as the boxing day tsunami. We had obviously read the same papers at the time as some of the descriptions I feel I had read before. One being about a little girl on the beach describing to her parents how she learnt in school that the sea goes out before a tsunami. This had the potential to be a wonderful story, but right up until the last page I was bored and confused. less

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