Title- The Glimpse.
Author- Claire Merle.
Publish date- 1st June 2012.
Publisher- Allen and Unwin.
RRP: $15.99
Review...
(I'm agreeing with a few bloggers- I'm finding it hard to write a synopsis for this, so I'm sourcing mine from the Allen and Unwin website, with thanks.)
Synopsis:
In the near future, society is segregated according to genetic disposition towards mental illness. As a 'Pure' Ana leads a privileged existence, until she finds out there was a mistake with her test. Her relationship with a Pure boy might yet save her... until he disappears, unleashing a chain of events that will destroy everything she ever believed and teach her to love as she has never loved before.
Thank you to Allen and Unwin for this review copy!
What I thought:
The Glimpse is a hard novel to review about; I didn't connect with the characters, the storyline or the future version of our world. I think it had the potential to be something really fantastic, but for me it wasn't pulled off.
From the start it was very hard for me to follow the storyline, it was both overly slow moving and then quick, jumping to new places in a way that made me raise my brow in confusion. Jasper wasn't a character I liked. Not in the least. He seemed forced and unkind, on first appearances. I immediately felt like he chose Ana because the relationship he was in with prior to her didn't work out. I think people should treat the people they love... lovingly. So if he loved Ana, he certainly didn't show it. Not to me.
I recently read a review that I feel really gives some great points- The blog, Bookish Sarah, and the review. The fact that people with mentle illnesses were degraded to being called Crazies was not a good move; I lost possible respect for the story after that and because it is first mentioned early on that was quick to happen. I hate degratation of people and I don't personally think it was a well done or in taste, which isn't to say that these things don't happen, because they do, terrible as that is.
The thing I most was drawn to was the cover. I love the heart bound in wire, the ideas behind it and how it makes you think. But really, this book I felt was lacking.
I think you will be able to tell straight off wether you like The Glimpse or not, so I recommend reading a few pages, amazon, online excerpt, bookshop, before you decide wether you definitely want to read it.
Romi.x
The Glimpse is a hard novel to review about; I didn't connect with the characters, the storyline or the future version of our world. I think it had the potential to be something really fantastic, but for me it wasn't pulled off.
From the start it was very hard for me to follow the storyline, it was both overly slow moving and then quick, jumping to new places in a way that made me raise my brow in confusion. Jasper wasn't a character I liked. Not in the least. He seemed forced and unkind, on first appearances. I immediately felt like he chose Ana because the relationship he was in with prior to her didn't work out. I think people should treat the people they love... lovingly. So if he loved Ana, he certainly didn't show it. Not to me.
I recently read a review that I feel really gives some great points- The blog, Bookish Sarah, and the review. The fact that people with mentle illnesses were degraded to being called Crazies was not a good move; I lost possible respect for the story after that and because it is first mentioned early on that was quick to happen. I hate degratation of people and I don't personally think it was a well done or in taste, which isn't to say that these things don't happen, because they do, terrible as that is.
The thing I most was drawn to was the cover. I love the heart bound in wire, the ideas behind it and how it makes you think. But really, this book I felt was lacking.
I think you will be able to tell straight off wether you like The Glimpse or not, so I recommend reading a few pages, amazon, online excerpt, bookshop, before you decide wether you definitely want to read it.
Romi.x
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