I felt like the plot and events were predictable to a point where the first hundred pages were unnecessary.
I felt like she was putting herself into a mindset of dependence on the people around her, rather than taking charge and thinking clearly enough to see what was actually going on. The writing style wasn’t anything spectacular (I hated the constant commencement of sentences with “Probably he…”) and I couldn’t make much connection to the heroine. I went into this novel expecting action and adventure, instead I got a romance I never asked for. The contents of A Thousand Pieces of You were incredibly disappointing.
Now I know why the phrase “Don’t judge a book by its cover” is so popular, it goes both ways. It is by far one of the best book covers I’ve ever seen and one of the main reasons I decided to pick it up.
It’s fine if you disagree, that’s why we have opinions.įirst things first, let’s talk about the cover. They are not meant to hurt feelings, it’s just how I felt about the novel. And soon she discovers the truth behind her father's death is far more sinister than she expected.Ī Thousand Pieces of You explores an amazingly intricate multi-universe where fate is unavoidable, the truth elusive, and love the greatest mystery of all.Disclaimer: These are all my personal opinions and therefore my own. Before long she begins to question Paul's guilt-as well as her own heart. But she also meets alternate versions of the people she knows-including Paul, whose life entangles with hers in increasingly familiar ways. So she races after Paul through different universes, always leaping into another version of herself. Marguerite refuses to let the man who destroyed her family go free. But then Marguerite's father is murdered, and the killer-her parent's handsome, enigmatic assistant Paul- escapes into another dimension before the law can touch him. Their most astonishing invention, called the Firebird, allows users to jump into multiple universes-and promises to revolutionize science forever. Marguerite Caine's physicist parents are known for their groundbreaking achievements. Cloud Atlas meets Orphan Black in this epic dimension-bending trilogy by New York Times bestselling author Claudia Gray about a girl who must chase her father's killer through multiple dimensions.
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