Sebastian Faulks - A Possible Life

[anonymosity]

Anyone else reading this?
I am still in chapter 1 and I love it.
I've read a few of his, and agree with a recent review that his endings just suck, in a really bad, damp-squib way.
I wonder why none of his editors point that out???

[hackmum]

I read it last year. Loved it.

[mimbleandlittlemy]

Read it last year and absolutely loved it. Think it's his best for a long while.

[anonymosity]

Ah thanks. I finished it. No problem with the ending and it was just such a beautiful piece, so poignant. Ah again.

[mimbleandlittlemy]

I found it one of the most involving books I read last year. I was totally immersed and felt a bit bereft when I was done. I'm surprised more people haven't read it but perhaps it'll get more of a fan club when it's out in pb.

[BooksandaCuppa]

Loved this too. I particularly liked the fact that there was a lot of symmetry in the themes but then the asymmetry of the different lengths of the passages/levels of detail. I loved the last section - and it felt like Faulks has been waiting to write an homage to music and the music making process. I didn't much care for Anya, the main female character in the last section; but I think it was still my favourite part, along with the Victorian one.

Think I might re-read sooner than I usually would.

[anonymosity]

There was also a chaos to the last section - the chronology was all over the place in that "I've smoked too much weed in the 60's" kinda way.

I actually liked the first section the most. It was the most emotionally compelling for me. The despair of the Holocaust and the solitude, worth of Larkin.

[anonymosity]

"worthy" not "worth" apols.

[BooksandaCuppa]

Yes! Quite Larkinesque. I agree, the change of tone is each section felt quite authentically close to its period.

[BooksandaCuppa]

Yes! Quite Larkinesque. I agree, the change of tone is each section felt quite authentically close to its period.

[BooksandaCuppa]

Whoops. Double post. And full of errors.

[daimbardiva]

Hello, not sure if there's anyone still out there...! I just finished this, and did really enjoy it - so beautifully written, but I did find myself yearning for a bit more connection at the end - but maybe I have just read too many books with interconnecting strands, and I felt I was waiting for closure for some of the characters too...maybe it didn't need it though?