A God in Ruins

by Kate Atkinson | Literature & Fiction | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0385618700 Global Overview for this book
Registered by Zylpha of Otley, West Yorkshire United Kingdom on 6/2/2015
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Journal Entry 1 by Zylpha from Otley, West Yorkshire United Kingdom on Tuesday, June 2, 2015
I so much enjoyed Life After Life that I bought this book in hardback, something I rarely do. It did not disappoint. Here the main character is Teddy, and we follow his story from childhood to old age, going backwards and forward in time. I thought this would be disconcerting but it is not at all. Much of the novel concerns Teddy's time as a fighter pilot in world war 2 and for this the author has done an impressive amount of research which makes the writing very vivid. Some characters in this book also appear in Life after Life, notably Ursula, Teddy's sister, whose rescue of a dog during the Blitz appears in both books. Significantly this dog is named Lucky and the role of chance, or luck, is again a major theme and links this work to Life after Life. I also enjoyed Kate Atkinson's comments at the end.

Journal Entry 2 by Zylpha at Otley, West Yorkshire United Kingdom on Tuesday, June 2, 2015

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