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In an Instant
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Finn, her family, her parents best friends and their daughter, and Finn’s best friend, Mo, set out on a skiing vacation at a remote cabin that once belonged to her grandfather. There is an accident that leaves them hurt and stranded in severe cold and a snowstorm. The accident is not really the story, though, the story is how each of these people reacts to the accident. We see the best and the worst come out in these people and the inevitable consequences of choices made in this life and death situation. Raises the question of what do we really know about anyone until the stakes are high.
When they heard a story of cowardice or cruelty, they would have shaken their heads and tsked and thought, Never, not me, unaware that at any given moment, all of us are capable of doing what we least expect, them included.
The book was fast-paced and held my interest. There is one creepy character that I wanted to pulverize, and in an afterward the author explains that this character is based on a real person and an event that occurred in her own life. I’m sure that is why this situation feels real; in some regards it was.
If you have ever trusted your child to someone you felt you could rely upon, you might think again when you have finished this novel.
I grapple with this. Is goodness only true if it is at a personal cost? Anyone can be generous when they are rich; anyone can be selfless when they have plenty.
When they heard a story of cowardice or cruelty, they would have shaken their heads and tsked and thought, Never, not me, unaware that at any given moment, all of us are capable of doing what we least expect, them included.
The book was fast-paced and held my interest. There is one creepy character that I wanted to pulverize, and in an afterward the author explains that this character is based on a real person and an event that occurred in her own life. I’m sure that is why this situation feels real; in some regards it was.
If you have ever trusted your child to someone you felt you could rely upon, you might think again when you have finished this novel.
I grapple with this. Is goodness only true if it is at a personal cost? Anyone can be generous when they are rich; anyone can be selfless when they have plenty.
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Reading Progress
March 8, 2020
– Shelved
March 8, 2020
– Shelved as:
waiting-kindle
September 21, 2020
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Started Reading
September 21, 2020
– Shelved as:
contemporary-fiction
September 21, 2020
– Shelved as:
death
September 21, 2020
– Shelved as:
survival
September 21, 2020
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Finished Reading
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Sep 22, 2020 05:17AM
Sara, sounds like a horror story.
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Well, no, but a horrible thing to have happen to you, for sure. More a survival story.
Sara wrote: "Well, no, but a horrible thing to have happen to you, for sure. More a survival story."It felt like a survival story until the part about thinking twice about trusting your child to someone.
Great review, Sara! Looks a bit different from what you usually gravitate towards:)
Yes, very different. I was reading with a friend and let her choose the book. Not bad for the kind of book it is, though not the kind I generally pick for myself. I don't mind stepping outside my box every now and then, and this one only required one day of reading. Interesting, these kinds of books are a nice break now and then because they don't really require any thought...just follow the story.
I don't disagree, Elyse. It was a mindless read, but not the worst I have ever come across. I was in need of a drift at the time, I think, so it was okay. I'm sure I was also influenced by the fact that I was reading it with a good friend and she and I laughed at some of it and cringed at others. It is a read it and forget it book for me.
