Comments on: As Close to Us as Breathing https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2016/03/close-us-breathing/ Connecting Books and Readers One Review at a Time Sun, 17 Apr 2016 23:36:22 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Deepika Ramesh https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2016/03/close-us-breathing/#comment-251350 Fri, 25 Mar 2016 06:57:05 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=6112#comment-251350 I love opening sentences like that one. I remember the first sentence of Gaiman’s ‘Coraline’ — “Coraline discovered the door a little while after they moved into the house.”

]]> By: Catherine https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2016/03/close-us-breathing/#comment-251280 Thu, 24 Mar 2016 01:21:56 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=6112#comment-251280 In reply to Kathy @ Kathy Reads Fiction.

I haven’t seen any scathing but definitely a fair amount of meh- which I can’t argue with. You have to be in the mood for a slower pace/character study kind of thing.

]]> By: Catherine https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2016/03/close-us-breathing/#comment-251279 Thu, 24 Mar 2016 01:20:50 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=6112#comment-251279 In reply to Sarah’s Book Shelves.

It’s good not great and I think your trouble with it was the pace, right? If so, I can’t argue. It’s…stately.

]]> By: Sarah's Book Shelves https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2016/03/close-us-breathing/#comment-251278 Thu, 24 Mar 2016 00:50:19 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=6112#comment-251278 Hmm…I’d sort of written this one off, but your review is making me kind of interested again. D*mn you!

]]> By: Kathy @ Kathy Reads Fiction https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2016/03/close-us-breathing/#comment-251271 Wed, 23 Mar 2016 23:01:36 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=6112#comment-251271 I’ve really been anticipating this one, but I’ve seen a few scathing reviews about it, lately. I think I still want to read it, thought. I’m just really enticed by that synopsis.

]]> By: Leah @ Books Speak Volumes https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2016/03/close-us-breathing/#comment-251257 Wed, 23 Mar 2016 18:25:16 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=6112#comment-251257 I hadn’t heard of this, but it sounds right up my alley!

]]> By: Catherine https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2016/03/close-us-breathing/#comment-251255 Wed, 23 Mar 2016 17:43:14 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=6112#comment-251255 In reply to Tara @ Running ‘N’ Reading.

It is an odd blend of slow and fast- their days at the beach are quiet but the time changes happen quickly. It works well in that way.

]]> By: Tara @ Running 'N' Reading https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2016/03/close-us-breathing/#comment-251245 Wed, 23 Mar 2016 15:30:15 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=6112#comment-251245 Hmm, I’ve been seeing this one around quite a bit, Catherine, and now your thoughts have me thinking seriously about adding this one to my list. I’m a little concerned whether it will be too slow to hold my attention, but I’m definitely curious about the religious aspect of this one and the characters sound great. Thanks so much for sharing your thoughts!

]]> By: Jennine G https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2016/03/close-us-breathing/#comment-251244 Wed, 23 Mar 2016 15:22:17 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=6112#comment-251244 I’ve noticed the cover art – split into three like that – has been a popular thing more recently. I do like stories that start with a shocker and you wonder what the heck you’re going to find from there.

]]> By: Lynn @ Smoke & Mirrors https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2016/03/close-us-breathing/#comment-251242 Wed, 23 Mar 2016 14:26:40 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=6112#comment-251242 Wow. This sounds like a good one and right in my wheelhouse! Onto the TBR listing it went! 🙂

]]>