Helpful Score: 1
A very good book about grieving - which is not what I had expected. If you haven't read the first book, skip this review.
Skip if you haven't read the first book.
At the end of the first book, Georgia dies and the book ends on a 1/2 happy note - folks are moving on, but have lost their best friend/mother/love of their life, etc.
This book is set 5 years in the future. And in many ways, the pain of the loss is still just as sharp 5 years later as it was just 5 days later. Which is so very true in real life as well.
There are all sorts of plots in this story, Dakota grows up, James learns to trust, Catherine grows up too, Anita isn't as perfect as you may think she is - etc etc etc. All the characters are here from the first book.
But the main theme of this book is all about dealing with grief. It was sometimes a bit overwhelming while reading it (I cry easily with books), it was fabulous that a book actually dealt with death 5 years later. Too often it seems that after a year passes even characters in books seem to "move on" too fast. That's not how it happens in real life, and I think this book did a good job of reflecting that.
If you want to learn more about dealing (or not dealing) with grief, if you want to see if Darwin has kids, if you want to know what happens with Lucie now that her baby is here, then read the book.
I'd also recommend this book to anyone who is friends with someone who is dealing with a deep, overwhelming grief. While the stories may not make any sense without the first book, you can still understand what is going on.
Skip if you haven't read the first book.
At the end of the first book, Georgia dies and the book ends on a 1/2 happy note - folks are moving on, but have lost their best friend/mother/love of their life, etc.
This book is set 5 years in the future. And in many ways, the pain of the loss is still just as sharp 5 years later as it was just 5 days later. Which is so very true in real life as well.
There are all sorts of plots in this story, Dakota grows up, James learns to trust, Catherine grows up too, Anita isn't as perfect as you may think she is - etc etc etc. All the characters are here from the first book.
But the main theme of this book is all about dealing with grief. It was sometimes a bit overwhelming while reading it (I cry easily with books), it was fabulous that a book actually dealt with death 5 years later. Too often it seems that after a year passes even characters in books seem to "move on" too fast. That's not how it happens in real life, and I think this book did a good job of reflecting that.
If you want to learn more about dealing (or not dealing) with grief, if you want to see if Darwin has kids, if you want to know what happens with Lucie now that her baby is here, then read the book.
I'd also recommend this book to anyone who is friends with someone who is dealing with a deep, overwhelming grief. While the stories may not make any sense without the first book, you can still understand what is going on.
If you read the first book, you will love this one. I would recommend reading book 1 before this one. Not really a stand alone read.
