A God in Ruins by Kate Atkinson is the follow up novel to Life After Life, not so much a sequel, as a companion novel. Here we meet Teddy, Ursula's younger brother, and move back in forth in time following his life as a young boy, an old man and father, and a fighter pilot in WWII.
Teddy is a likeable character, but his daughter Viola is awful and I never connected with the character of his wife Nancy, I just found that I didn't care about any of the characters very much by the end. Atkinson is a wonderful writer and the novel is intelligent and thought provoking. However, as a follow up to Life After Life, it is a bit of a letdown.
No comments:
Post a Comment