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- Sales Rank: #1106327 in Books
- Published on: 2014-07-31
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 7.76" h x 1.06" w x 5.12" l, .0 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.
Not exactly the story I expected, but still not bad
By EpicFehlReader
** spoiler alert ** Pulling inspiration from details of the real life 2004 tsunami that devastated Thailand (as well as several other countries), Buchanan crafts a story about a daughter trying to find answers to the disappearance of her estranged mother, Nora. Louise Fenton hasn't spoken to her mother in several years, not since an argument that escalated surprisingly fast, causing them both to fall into silent treatment with each other since. Now Louise has gotten word that her mother was in Thailand when the tsunami hit, so Louise jumps on the first flight available to try to find her mother -- either to reunite and make peace, or to possibly identify the body. Louise is directed toward a body that matches how she described her mother. While there are similarities, something doesn't seem quite right.... especially when a man crumples over the body crying about "Claire." When Louise inquires about this Claire, what the man tells her ends up sending her on a quest -- as she now has to question that maybe this body is NOT her mother -- to once again seek out her mother's whereabouts and how Claire came to have Nora's belongings (a satchel containing an atlas full of personal letters, photos and other ephemera) on her person.
This essentially makes up the first few chapters. From that point, the storyline flip-flops back and forth between Louise in 2004 and the story of Claire, mostly taking place in the mid-late 1990s. Claire works as a travel writer and a co-editor of a travel magazine. Trying to emotionally regroup after her husband admits to not having his heart in their marriage anymore, Claire takes a writing assignment in Exmoor (UK) where she's working on a piece about a B & B in Exmoor, and its surrounding attractions. Claire strikes up a friendship with Milo, whose odd family owns & operates the B & B. Claire is having a lovely time for a few days until one night when a wedding being held at the inn goes horribly wrong, violence and gunfire breaking out. Milo, having developed feelings for Claire in their short time together, insists she flee the scene before police arrive. Claire reluctantly does leave, going back to the security of her safe if distracted, somewhat inattentive husband. Doesn't work that well though. She can't get Milo or the events of that night out of her mind. Now she has to admit that she's the one with her heart not in her marriage. And just when her husband was starting to show some fire and interest again, dang it!
After all that, the settings for the plot start jumping all over the place. Claire is tempted to run to Milo and start her life over, but he gets himself into a bit of a legal pickle and for a good bit can't be bothered with emotional declarations. So travel writer Claire goes back to getting her travel on -- UK, Italy, Serbia, Finland, Australia, Dubai (UAE) and of course Thailand. Years pass and life eventually has the paths of Milo & Claire coming together again but is it too late for that life reboot to begin?
Okay, good and bad with this one so let me try to break it down.
What did work for me -- I liked all the bits about traveling. Made for fun reading to have varied settings at different points in the characters' lives. Also Milo's family -- they were most definitely a crazy bunch -- and I don't mean that kooky kind of crazy soccer moms like to claim when they go for the venti instead of the grande, I mean legit people have died around them crazy. But that thread of instability again made for fun reading, never being quite sure who was going to snap next or how far. I also liked the idea behind the story -- people trying to put the past aside to heal longtime family rifts.
The stuff that was not so great for me -- There were times where the dialogue went a little too saptastic for me. It just seemed too After School Special in the way everyone had the perfect answer for every confession, no one was really stunned by anything, everyone spoke like their dialogue came directly from counseling books. It wasn't all bad all the time, just at times it got clunky and unnatural.
Claire's tendency to bring up her infertility struggles ALL THE TIME. Now don't hate on me, hear me out. I know how heartbreaking it can be to get that news. I've had to sit through that one with my dr myself. I have several friends I've been with as they cry out their hurt. It's not that she talked about it, it was the way she went on ... and on.. and on about how she saw herself as a worthless failure unless she produced a child, how she was sure other people were thinking that, how she takes a moment to pout anytime anyone mentions their children or has their children around. BUT I do give Buchanan props for that bit about the infertility being a result of Claire catching chlamydia from a guy. I think that's a pretty bold, brave line to throw in there since infertility via STD is a definite reality (I'm speaking generally here -- it's not my reality, but it's definitely a possible cause) but talking about it seems to be shied away from a lot.
On one hand, I get it. I don't have my own children. I know the pity looks she talks about here, the way people make you feel like you're a waste of space because your uterus refuses to make a baby. I understand the hurt but all the talk she did about everything else seeming worthless and how she'd just have to settle for whatever since she couldn't have kids, it got tiring having nearly every chapter go back to that. I just wanted to scream at her go adopt! foster a child! work in an orphanage! find another passion! FFS, not having a child biologically, while sad, is not a damn death sentence. Even near the end, Claire talks about it AGAIN but follows it with "but I've come to accept it" ... and here is where I come in as the tough-love friend and say "Well CLEARLY NOT because we're still freakin' talking about it!" It's okay to not be over it -- one of my dearest friends struggled for years with infertility and miscarriage before she ended up with her two boys and even with two beautiful, adorable, healthy children, she still references the lost one from time to time -- but just be honest. I get so annoyed with cop-out phrases like "But I'm over it" "Doesn't even bother me anymore" when you just spent hour(s) talking about how much it "doesn't" bother you.
{Sidenote: Buchanan in her author afterword writes that much of what Claire describes about her IVF treatments came from Buchanan's own experiences with infertility and IVF. Buchanan also worked as a travel writer, like Claire, so much of the scenic descriptions came from memories of her own travels}.
The places where Buchanan chose to break up Louise's & Claire's storylines drove me crazy. Honestly, much of Claire's story fell a little flat for me. I didn't feel like there was a ton going on beyond a lot of over-sharing convos with people when she had barely just met them or later, when she did know them, too much of the dramatic side-turn stifled cry or the melodramatic fleeing a room in tears. A lot of that, felt like. But whenever something about her story DID start to get a little interesting... CUT! Move to Louise's story. ARRGH!
Surprisingly, when you would EXPECT Claire to freak out a bit in a scene, THEN she goes all chill. Like a conversation between her and Milo where he admits to once killing a guy, she says "yeah, but you did it to save others." to which, after a pregnant pause, he replies "Right." and then she pretty much just goes to sleep. That response of his would've immediately got my spidey-sense up, telling him "that's a weird response... what are you not saying?! what don't I know?!?!"
Is it obvious Claire never really grew on me that well? LOL The story itself is actually not bad, I just wish it had better balance. The friendships and family bonds intrigued me but the romances are not all that well developed and are a little too insta for me. I also was a little confused to see the majority of the book written about Claire when the synopsis markets it as the story of a woman (Louise) searching for her missing mother (Nora). In actuality, Louise felt like a background character. Writing from her POV when SO much of the plot centers around Claire made Louise's character seem a bit like a third wheel.
Not gonna lie, this one was largely a cover buy for me because I could not stop staring at that cover. But I had such high hopes for the plot! Like I said, I didn't hate it but those high hopes were definitely noticeably deflated by story's end. I understand Buchanan's other book, My Sister's Secret, has an edgier, more thriller-esque kind of plot so I'm eager to see if that one strikes my fancy a wee bit more.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.
Utterly gripping story.
By Alba in Bookland
I was very intrigued by the blurb of this book and by the beautiful cover. When I started reading it, I could sense that it was going to be an epic story and I was not wrong. Tracy Buchanan writes an impressive debut novel, that captures you from page one and takes you around the world in a gripping journey packed with adventures, secrets, struggles, devastation but also courage and love.
The Atlas of Us is a layered novel set in many different parts of the world and in different periods of time that tells the story of two different women Claire and Louise. Claire is a journalist that after coming to terms with the fact that she is infertile starts reconsidering her life, her job, her mariage... then it's when she meets Milo, a sometimes dark character that has had a troubled life in an even more troubled family. But they somehow click. Claire is a fascinating character to read about: stronger than she seems, with a huge heart, we accompany her on her journey not only around the world but through her life, with its up and downs. And Milo is one of the most intriguing men I have read about, he had an aura of mistery surrounding him, with all his secrets, his changes in personality but with so much love to give. It was really interesting getting to know him better, I think I hated and loved him in equal parts though.
As for Louise, she is in Thailand after the tsunami looking for her stranged mother. But then she finds the body of a woman with the bag and passport of her mother but with an Atlas and necklace belonging to Claire. She doesn't know who this Claire is and what connects her to her mother, but trully believing that her mother is still alive she starts her own journey around the devastated country to try to locate her. Little by little, she unfolds the secrets surrounding her mother and Claire and what brought them together.
As I said, Tracy creates an utterly gripping story that will suck you and will have you turning page after page wanting to know more about the lifes of these women. I especially loved Tracy's way of describing, not only all the places this journey took us to but also her way of describing people, how you could see their soul through her writing. Some of the secondary character were a treat to read about, from the haunted Holly to the lovely Filipe. I loved this book, it was raw but beautiful and it merged the two stories perfectly. I totally recommend it.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.
Ms Buchanan is an amazingly talented writer, whose words will touch people’s hearts
By Ananda
In 2004 thousands of people in southern Asia have been killed in what’s believed to be the worst natural disaster in recent history. The Boxing day tsunami, shall be remembered as the beast who took innocent lives in Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, the Maldives, the Seychelles and some other countries. As it was reported in the news, the tsunami killed more than 200,000 people in 13 countries and shall be remembered as one of the saddest days in history.
I’ve always considered a truly brave act when authors turn to real life events as plots for their novels. While it takes a lot of research to stay faithful to the historical data, it also takes a lot of skill and understanding of human psyche and emotions, empathy and even courage to write a fiction novel about an event with such catastrophic dimensions. Creating a fiction story which relies on real life evens, and describes the emotion, pain and turmoil of the people involved in such catastrophes is indeed not an easy task.
What’s believed to be the worst natural disaster, that tsunami in 2004, is the background of ‘The Atlas of Us’ and focuses on Louise Fenton, who’s off to Thailand to find her mother, Nora. Soon after, a body is found but it’s identified as Claire Shrewe. However, Louise doesn’t even have the time to feel a slight relief her mother might be alive still, because along with the body, a passport and a book are found. The passport belonging to Louise’s mother, Nora and strange looking book with notes, drawings, pictures, with The Atlas of Us written on its cover. While hope is still present for Louise and she thinks her mother might still be alive, she’s haunted by this Atlas and the connection her mother has with Claire.
Intertwining two poignant stories, those of Claire and Louise, by going back and forth in time, Ms Buchanan creates a wonderful and layered story which will undoubtedly find its way to anyone’s heart. Through Claire and Louise’s voice and with the help of the Atlas, not only we find out more about their lives, but also about the connection between Nora and Claire.
Travelling through time and territory, Ms Buchanan creates a beautiful and well crafted story, and is surely one of the best debuts of 2014 I’ve read. As much as these two stories were complex, I didn’t have any problem in following them through time and space. However, some parts seemed too detailed and felt bit overwhelming, for my taste. The vivid descriptions are obviously one of Ms Buchanan’s strongest feats, however at times they seemed like burdening the story.
It’s obvious Ms Buchanan is an amazingly talented writer, whose words will touch people’s hearts. I’ll definitely be picking up every book she writes in the future and hope there will be many!
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