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Going Out

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Having read all of Mary Kubica’s books to date and enjoyed them, I jumped at the chance of reading her latest, When the Lights Go Out. And, in some cases, she may even get a few book blurbs before she takes it out, especially if you happen to know any big-named authors who are willing to vouch for you. A marvellous book which is enjoyable to read as well as being thought provoking, what is better than that?

The dialogue is very well written, demonstrating a humorous and engrossing interplay as they discuss and challenge their separate problems.Luke and Julie are really interesting characters, who have a very selfless love for each other (currently platonic) and it's endearing to watch this develop throughout the story. She is further hampered by a never ending insomnia, resulting in chronic sleeplessness, her mind wanders, her memory is atrocious, her emotions are all over the place and she is suffering from hallucinations. And as Jessie was suffered from extreme sleep deprivation and experiencing hallucinations, her observations and thoughts were untrustworthy and increasingly erratic; while her mental and physical decline and descent into madness were fascinating. Any author who must literally tell readers that one or more of the characters was "in a box" must certainly have missed the literature classes on showing rather than telling.

I picked up this book because I enjoyed the author’s other two books THE GOOD GIRL and DON’T YOU CRY. Eden and Aaron are happily married: they hold hands, sit outside and cuddle in each other’s arms, content. I had a few misgivings about some of the character development: Julie, who's supposed to be 'weird' and virtually friendless, actually seems to have very little difficulty making friends; I wasn't sure I could believe that Luke would really have notched up four sexual relationships while confined to one room of his intensely overprotective mother's house; and I could never really get a clear idea of who David was supposed to be (at times he's portrayed like a monosyllabic, vulgar teenager, at others he seems the most mature of the whole group, and I couldn't reconcile the two sides of the character - they read like different people).With Coronavirus and a lockdown, I felt this particular book was just the right theme for this time period. Mary Kubica gets so much right: the effects of sleep deprivation, the manifestations of grief, the physical symptoms of impending death in a person with a terminal illness, as well as the emotional turmoil of infertility and its detrimental effects on a marriage.

I don't even know how to describe this book really but it's written in 2002 and if nothing else is just a healthy dose of nostalgia. Her books have been translated into over thirty languages and have sold over two million copies worldwide. If you have multiple interested parties, you can turn down the pre-empt and your agent will take it to auction. Overall, this made me smile a lot, it was a very quick read, and as with Thomas’ other works, gave me some food for thought.When the Lights Go Out by Mary Kubica is a thriller that is told through again using alternating timelines and alternating points of view.

Insurance will cover some of the costs but most insurances have a maximum amount that they will cover. I found Thomas spent far too much time focusing on the other (superfluous) characters and didn't realise that the only parts of her work that were interesting and moving were those which tried to explain the world from Luke's point of view. Inside, you’ll find creative date suggestions, fashion advice, tips on how to bargain for extended curfews, and bad date exit strategies. There are sprinklings of mathematical theories and theology in the book which only add the experience.Jessie’s hardships and especially her resultant anxieties, irrational thoughts and hallucinations at times, were very odd. Then I realized that authors about to go out ‘on sub’ are pack animals, blighted by the same too-short fingernails. Going Out addresses these developments by exploring the relationship between walking, listening, and soundmaking in the arts—from the first soundwalks and itinerant performances in the 1960s to today's manifold ambulatory projects. While this sort of caricature is fine in chick lit, detective stories and so on, nothing purporting to be serious mainstream fiction can get away with it.

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