I really don't understand all the hype surrounding this book. If the book would have focused more on the premise, it may have been a fresher read. The premise was interesting, though heartbreaking, and the characters were vividly drawn but something about the book just felt.stale. ' Sorry, Emma donaghue but I definitely didn't feel swept away in this book's tide. They don't seem any more messed up than the rest of us. More about average people and the small impact this tragedy had on their lives.

I thought it was going to be about people dealing with a tragedy.

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It ended with a whisper, but that's sort of how it began, as well, with just a breeze. I felt like the ending brought everything to a nice close, full circle. I was invested and worried about each of them, and was able to be happy for them when things actually worked out.

I found it thoroughly engaging the characters were all equally interesting - I never found myself bored with a chapter and wishing I could rush through to someone else's. 'Judging by other comments I've read here and on Amazon, not everyone feels the way I did about this book. The transforming forces of time and love. Her very recognizable, flawed characters and her persuasive belief in Short and simple in its premise, this novel derives its power and appealįrom the author's beautifully precise use of language her sympathy for Self-destruct are closer to each other than we'd expect. Life affects another and how those who thrive and those who Tragedies and joys of ordinary days, Carry the One shows how one As one character says, 'When you add us up, youĪffairs marriage and divorce parenthood, holidays, and the modest Next twenty-five years, those involved, including Carmen and herīrother and sister, connect and disconnect and reconnect with each otherĪnd their victim. Guests accidently hits and kills a girl on a dark, country road. Wedding reception, when a car filled with stoned, drunk, and sleepy Carry the One begins in the hours following Carmen's

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