Review #28: The Path Of Totality (In Het Spoor Van De Eclips) by Bronagh Curran
pages: 255
back cover: August 21st 2017. The first Total Solar Eclipse in the US for 35 years. And at a time when
night is day and day is night, anyone's life can be turned upside down. Even if you're Nat Dobbs. Nat's the bullied kid. The kid with the stammer and skinny limbs. The kid who weighs 125 pounds dripping wet and never quite looks you in the eye. Maybe if he did, he'd finally make a friend. The last time he tried to fit in he ended up with this pants around his ankles...on state TV.
But Milo Quincy doesn't see Nat the way the others do, the way his father Gunther does.
Sure, he may be a 65 year old recluse who punched Nat in the face, he may even be as dangerous as the rest of the town says he is. But he's listening - and for Nat, that's enough for now. When the multi colored and multi coveted Celeste Woodston gets thrown onto their path, Nat and Quincy find themselves on a road trip - across four states - in a '67 Mustang to witness the eclipse from the optimum point - The Path of Totality.
And maybe in this moment of ultimate darkness, the unlikely friends will finally see the world more clearly - or at least how they'd like it to be.
review: Because of what the back cover told me I had a reasonably high expectation of this book. That's why it was a bit disappointing to notice that not much happened in the first half and I considered laying down the book without finishing the book (something I never actually do). But after 2 days I picked it up again and as a miracle one beautiful thing after another happened. THIS was what I expected. Ofcourse it is understandable that the writer needs a run-up to introduce the characters at the beginning of the story, but if the book contains only 250 pages in total, it is rather strange to use half of them for an intro.
As I said, the second part of the book really met my expectations. I laughed and cried, it got very tense and that’s what I enjoyed. I am very pleased that I have finished the book and would still like to read another book from the same author, but do not think I could start a third copy if the second book is - just like this one - half a introduction.
cover: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️✨
book: ⭐️⭐️⭐️✨