11/4/2023 0 Comments Meet me in another lifeIt has made me add Cologne to the places I want to visit. The limited location of Cologne worked well and as I got to know Thora and Santi through their lives, I also felt connected to the place. Was it fate as gentle Santi believed? Or all about choice as spiky Thora believed? When I finished the last page, I longed to begin the story again to hunt for all the clues leading to the ending I never anticipated but found so satisfying. They made me keep turning the page as did the mystery connecting the Thora and Santi together. The small cast of characters were cleverly weaved into each life and though different, they never lost the true personality and essence of themselves. Each lifetime reveals something more about the characters and are captivating with the emotions conveyed. Sometimes they’re lovers, other times they are friends or child and teacher the novel shows endless relationship possibilities but both characters know things they shouldn’t, and see constellations that are out of sync with the ones they see in the sky. The novel offers snapshots of Thora’s and Santi’s lifes each one set in Cologne where a broken clock tower watches over them. I think I’d have to go back to Barbara Erskine’s Lady of Hay for its uniqueness when time slip novels weren’t a genre of its own thirty years ago. With an unimaginable and unforgettable ending, this has to be one of the most original reads I’ve read for a long time. Thank you to HarperCollins Australia for providing me with a copy of this book, and Tandem Collective Global for inviting me to be part of the readalong.This novel wasn’t what I expecting but it was breathtakingly beautiful and exceeded my expectations by miles. This was a really fascinating read! I really enjoyed exploring the concept and am more impressed by all the subtle foreshadowing the more I think about this book.
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