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Nov 28, 2023echerry rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Absolutely loved this book! In my top 3 of all time (the others being The Handmaids Tale and Life After Life by Kate Atkinson). I didn’t want this book to end, and I still think of it often, at least 5 years later.
Jul 30, 2022bogwolf rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
There was more *action* in Walton's "Among Others" but even that was a story of what happen after the final fight. So, know going in, this is no car chase book. What is it then. A parallel worlds story, an exploration of the bonds of…
Jan 27, 2018bwrogers rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
Walton's meditation on family, difference, and happiness is a compelling read. She tells her two stories with divergent paths with honesty and a genuine care for her character's lives. The parallel structure kept the pacing and the…
Oct 03, 2017
Patricia is elderly and suffering from dementia. She can’t remember current events, but the past is alive and vivid. But which past? The one where she had a husband named Mark and four children? Or the one where she raises three…
Apr 23, 2017KKelsay rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Interesting literary idea, but I think she tried to do too much in this book. Felt like much was a simple reporting of the happenings in the two lives.
Sep 10, 2014athena14 rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
I'm a lesbian and wanted to like this book. I imagine that Jo Walton wanted to show how unfairly gay people were treated, not so long ago, but the children and Bee's injuries just wore me out.
Jul 18, 2014yvox rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Jo Walton is a story-teller. What is it about an author's style that makes a reader read and read and read? From one sentence to the next, I was not reading a book, I was living a story. How does she do that? (Do you think I liked MY…
Jul 13, 2014Michael Colford rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Patricia is feeling confused today. At least that's what the note by her bed tells her. In fact, at her advanced age, in the nursing home where she lives, she often feels confused and forgetful, but what's she remembers distinctly are the…
Jun 23, 2014dscrimshaw rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
I'll read anything Jo Walton writes because everything else I've read by her is outstanding. Here the writing in terms of language and wordchoice is terrific. But except for one choice that split the world in two, the characters just…
Jun 19, 2014ehbooklover rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
A book about the how one person’s decision, no matter how small, can affect their life’s path and perhaps even change the world. An intriguing premise and thought provoking theme kept me reading despite the fact that most of the characters…
May 27, 2014multcolib_rachaels rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
In her confused state near the end of her life, Patricia Cowan has two sets of memories of two very different lives, diverging at the point where her fiance gave her an ultimatum. In both she finds both joy and sadness, and witnesses two…
May 02, 2014
The notion that one personal choice can make an astounding difference, not just in our lives, but in the lives of the planet around us, is a fascinating one; it's given an even deeper look in MY REAL CHILDREN as Walton gives the gift of…
May 01, 2014
What if you could remember two versions of your life? Parallel lives - a woman with dementia struggles to remember which life was real.
Apr 20, 2014stephaniedchase rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
I have long been a fan of personal alternate history narratives -- whether the film SLIDING DOORS or Lionel Shriver's novel THE POST BIRTHDAY WORLD. The notion that one personal choice can make an astounding difference, not just in our…