http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/the-jump-by-doug-johnstone--book-review-a-bridge-over-murky-waters-10477090.html
The Jump by Doug Johnstone
The writers attitude towards the review of this book is that he feels like there is lots of tension and plot twist during the book. We know this when he says 'All the time that the tension builds, so too does the detail in Johnstone’s picture of a once-happy family ground down by sorrow.' the words 'a once-happy family' suggests that in this book there is sadness and pain for the mother of the deceased son.
The writer suggests that the mother is a very strong woman but since the death of her son she struggles to find strength in herself 'While we first meet a frail, inkily scarred woman, she’s also an incredibly physical person, jumping into waves, running sweatily to try to take her mind off Logan, remembering what her body could do before her son’s death' this shows that the woman can only be strong when she's active or busy but finds it hard to do things as she is emotionally and physically drained. This makes us sympathise for the mother as she finds it hard to try and find happiness again.
I think that the writer enjoyed this books as in his last paragraph he wrote 'I would have been happy to read chapters and chapters more of this book, not least because I longed to spend more time with the complicated, thoughtful Ellie' this shows that he enjoyed this book and feels like Ellie is a brilliant character.
What I like to read:
I mostly enjoy to read romance books as I like to be able to relate to books that I read and feel like there is a possibility of it happening.
The last book I read was 'second chance summer' it is about a girl who leaves her bestfriend, boyfriend and friends when she moves away from her holiday home but she returns 5 years later and tries to rekindle the friendships she once had. I enjoyed this book as it was a teenage romance but it had a plot twist where the father becomes ill at the end of her summer holiday.
