#theversionsofus

[oreoluwa]

Is it too late to say happy new month? Welcome to June our book for this month is The Version of Us. Come join us! #theversionsofus #laurabarnett #bookstagram #booklover #bookclub #bookcommunity https://www.instagram.com/p/CP3RsvUF3BA/?utm_medium=tumblr

[jiuuin]

It’s been a year Coming back from the empire on which the sun never set To the island on which the rain never stop It’s been complex although nothing’s really been happening Got 10 more kilo (?!!) Still hanging with my beloved allergic rhinitis and RSI Yet met enough friends here Missed too much those in Europe And finally decided to resume my final year project Oh btw I’m thinking about having a very simple crowdfunding thing, to trade some caffeine with a greeting card for 2019, or so. Any suggestions or dissuasion? ———————————— #ch2ch2 #chapter2 #frommetous #theversionsofus #2danimation #handdrawnanimation #animation #rca #royalcollegeofart #miscommunication #communication #dual #mainlanders #islanders #cyan #magenta #filter #anaglyph #3d https://www.instagram.com/p/Bpi6VBGnPcy/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=f48vd8gi6zvy

[monicamjones]

Nice book not for everybody easy to read 😅 #book #instagood #instabook #lovely #theversionsofus #marriage #dimensions

[michaela-writes]

Only £1, in fabulous condition, and the money goes to charity - can't get better than that! #theversionsofus #laurabarnett

[randomwritingposts-blog]

The Versions of Us (Spoilers)

I have already written a non-spoiler review on goodreads but wanted to write another one about what else I thought of the book 

The book contained a lot of relationships and to me the characters fell in and out of love very quickly! I didn’t like that because it diminished Jim and Eva’s relationship because they, it seemed, fell in and out of love and coincidentally fell back in love right at the moment before Jim’s death. They both seemed to deserve better because in the version where they were together, they just cheated on each other and only seemed happy being together for a while which didn’t last. This put a damper on the thought that when you love someone it lasts and you won’t cheat on that person. Maybe the book eludes to the fact they were both only ready to be together properly quite late on in life and before that no matter what, it wouldn’t have worked out for them. 

I did really like at the end how all the versions were blended into one which probably shows that we don’t have different versions of our lives, our decisions in life make us continually switch between different versions. 

Also certain things and people were in all the versions which shows that no matter what you choose in life, certain things and people are meant to happen or be there. 

Overall, the book was good but very sad. It did have it’s happier moments but it was not what I expected of the book. I wanted to be more attached to the characters and even though I did shed some tears at the end of the book when Jim died, I wanted something more. I also wanted their relationship to be developed more, to see why they fell in love but this was hard to do when written in third person. However, I did like the mini flashbacks to certain events to explain the current one which made the story flow better but the different versions did skip ahead quite quickly to get through their life time but in order to do this it might have been better to split it into two books rather than cramming it all in one. This would have made for longer chapters of each version and more developed characters.