Jeff Simmons Simmons itibaren Dudley, MA, Birleşik Devletler itibaren Dudley, MA, Birleşik Devletler

December 2014: Rereading and wondering why I didn't write a review the first go round, why I gave it 3 stars, and why I don't have a tattoo. (The first two quandaries are true) And now, after the reread: I've just finished the 800 page beast, and I really don't know why I only gave it 3 stars the first time. I don't want a tattoo, I don't think, but I'd like to ask myself why I didn't respond more favorably to the story when it first came out. Until I Find You is long and complex, but I'm not sure there's really anything that could be edited out to trim it down. Very good work, Mr. Irving. Very good work my dear boy!

loved it!

I've seen the movie several times, so there's no way I could review this book without seeing those images in my mind. Happily, it's a very good union of page to screen. This is a fun, fast read that pokes lovingly at the theme of the uneducted rural class made so popular by Lawrence and the Bronte sisters. Gibbons' herione will annoy you from the very start, and you'll be rooting for the homebodies of Cold Comfort Farm from the very first utterance of "There have always been Starkadders at Cold Comfort Farm. However, this is a book where best intentions do not make a path to hell, and everyone ends up a getting something that is right for them.

I really liked this book! And yet, I am going to begin this review by telling you all the things that are wrong with it, that somehow did not prevent me from really liking it. Many of these wrong things are spoilers, so they will be hidden. (view spoiler) Not only that, but the main character is seriously obnoxious. She seemed so oblivious to so much going on around her. She asked questions that annoyed me, the other characters, and sometimes even herself. Drove me bananas. Plus the ending was extremely rushed. The book was going along at a decent pace the whole way through, and then BAM in the last few pages 600 million things happen and then it is over. And the Bovanders? How random were they? Were they really necessary? Why were they from Australia and not just some native Brazilians? So weird. AND YET. I still really liked the book. Go figure. Why? If you can just say "well, it's fiction, whatever" to the "scientific" aspects of the book, it's actually a pretty neat story. There is a lot of mystery involved, and it kept me guessing. There were plot twists that I didn't figure out. The characters were interesting, if awful. The location itself is a lot of the beauty of the book, and the descriptions are SO wonderful. Sometimes they are almost too wonderful, if such a thing exists. I could really "see" the jungle and felt like I was getting to know the area as I read. A few more things. I loved that one man is with a tribe for only a few months but learns enough of their language to communicate with them, but the scientists who have been with another tribe for sometimes decades still barely even have a basic grasp of the language. I really want to know who knocked up the old lady. She really evades that question. I love that in the end we come to realize (view spoiler) So much going on in this book. SO MUCH. I think I need to read it again someday knowing what is going on and how it ends to try to figure out what tips are given throughout the book. GREAT story. Highly recommended to just about everyone. But please at least read through chapter 3 (though they are super long chapters). The first two chapters aren't nearly as good because they are just background. After the first two I thought I wouldn't like it. After the third, I knew I would love it.