Echoes

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I loved how strong and determined Fiona was, but I felt like that fact was thrown in my face way too often. She does first person narration really well and while there was one character I thought sounded very much like another all the other characters were very discernable to me. I thought the character were really cool and their interactions with eachother were everything, their banter and jokes were just laugh worthy. I will admit, at first, I kept getting "Lost" vibes, but I've quickly determined that it's not because Echoes is unoriginal, but because any story that involves a plane crash, a deserted island, and a thrilling mystery, is going to remind me of that show. In Colonel Montgomery, Amadea finds a man who will help her discover her place in an unbreakable chain between generations…and between her lost family and her dreams for the future–a future she is only just beginning to imagine: a future of hope rooted in the rich soil of the past.

There were moments that went by so quickly while others did not, which caused me to take a little longer to read this novel than I would have liked. That, my friends, is a perfect setup to mess with your minds as well as theirs and I promise you’ll be scratching your head the whole time. As Binchy's second novel, it explores various themes of Irish small-town life, including social classes and expectations, the paucity of educational opportunities before the introduction of free secondary education in 1967, and women's roles.David, following in his father's footsteps, is studying medicine and Clare has won a scholarship to University College. The story opens with a plane crash on a deserted island before flashing back to a trip to Germany seventeen hours earlier. Even at fifteen, David Power knew the echo would answer eleven-year-old Clare O'Brien's dearest wish, to win a school prize. Christelle Dabos was born on the Côte d’Azur in 1980 and grew up in a home filled with classical music and historical games.

I don't know if I've outgrown it a little or if the tropes have just gotten a little redundant and obvious that I've lost interest in so much of it. The echo has a nostalgie de la boue that history cannot convey; Proust was a master of the reverberating sounds of the past, ill-defined and resonant.

She loves the challenge, but mainly loves the fact that the tasks they are given release information about wrong-doing. Told with uplifting warmth and compassion, for fans of Toni Morrison, Alice Walker and Isabel Allende.