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mschrock8's review against another edition
3.0
A very sad book with lots of information about memory.
sjdangelo64's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Couldn’t put this down. Was rooting for Abby through the whole book. Her grief and pain was so tangible.
booksbeaches's review against another edition
5.0
It’s been a while since I’ve been sucked into a story that won’t let go. I blame this heavily on my hectic schedule. However, sometimes you’ll come across a book that absolutely refuses to release your attention span. The Year Of Fog by Michelle Richmond did just that. The first seventy pages I read in lull moments of stirring batter and pulling cookie sheets out of the oven. Then on Christmas Eve I made a hundred pages of progress. Last night the beau watched in horror as smoke sizzled from the pages … two hundred pages down and a feeling of closure.
Told in the first person, you live through the horrific experience with Abby. Of course I sympathized with Emma’s father, but somehow I found myself always siding with the fiancee. How horrible could it be to be responsible for another person’s child, then fail to keep that child safe?
The story starts right in the moment. You get the right amount of back story throughout the tale. Had it been the other way around, I probably would have lost interest in the first few pages. Yada-yada-yada, bad relationships, parents divorcing and significant others with children. We’ve heard these scenarios a hundred times. Richmond gets you invested in the characters right off the bat. I found myself wondering while at the stove or behind the wheel of my car, “Where the hell is Emma?”
The novel, appropriately named, does take course of a year’s time. I found myself encouraging Abby to keep up the search, even when Emma’s father had given up. I have to admit, there were even times that I thought it was time to let things go. Was Abby’s love of Emma or guilt of the disappearance fueling her to keep going?
A neat thing about this book is that it references other books within itself. Am I the only person that jots down the names of books we find when reading another?
If I could go back in time, I would have read this thrift store find a lot sooner.In the end, I found closure. Some that made me happy, some that made me sad. If you take the journey, you will learn nothing is cut and dry about a child’s disappearance. Now the question is, are you brave enough to search for Emma?
I hope so.
www.melaniejomoore.com
Told in the first person, you live through the horrific experience with Abby. Of course I sympathized with Emma’s father, but somehow I found myself always siding with the fiancee. How horrible could it be to be responsible for another person’s child, then fail to keep that child safe?
The story starts right in the moment. You get the right amount of back story throughout the tale. Had it been the other way around, I probably would have lost interest in the first few pages. Yada-yada-yada, bad relationships, parents divorcing and significant others with children. We’ve heard these scenarios a hundred times. Richmond gets you invested in the characters right off the bat. I found myself wondering while at the stove or behind the wheel of my car, “Where the hell is Emma?”
The novel, appropriately named, does take course of a year’s time. I found myself encouraging Abby to keep up the search, even when Emma’s father had given up. I have to admit, there were even times that I thought it was time to let things go. Was Abby’s love of Emma or guilt of the disappearance fueling her to keep going?
A neat thing about this book is that it references other books within itself. Am I the only person that jots down the names of books we find when reading another?
If I could go back in time, I would have read this thrift store find a lot sooner.In the end, I found closure. Some that made me happy, some that made me sad. If you take the journey, you will learn nothing is cut and dry about a child’s disappearance. Now the question is, are you brave enough to search for Emma?
I hope so.
www.melaniejomoore.com
hmgelo02's review against another edition
4.0
My mom sent our family a package filled with goodies for each of us this past week: stuffed animals for our children, ties for Tony, and a book for me. She knows me so well. Although I'm currently reading another book right now this book looked more interesting, and I ended up reading it in a day's time - from the time I woke up until late afternoon.
This is the story of a woman who accompanies her soon-to-be six-year-old stepdaughter to a foggy San Francisco beach one morning, and in a few second's time loses her. This book chronicles the emotional and physical journeys that fill the days and nights of the year that follows, where she is both literally and figuratively left in a constant state of fog.
I was a little disappointed by the ending in that what I wanted to see happen didn't... but then, that's how life actually goes, isn't it? Life isn't handed to us wrapped up in a neat package with a bow on top; rather we have to take what's given to us and make the best of it. A review on the cover of this book says, "Highly recommended [for fans of:] authors like Jodi Picoult and Jacquelyn Mitchard." I haven't read anything by the latter but am a huge fan of the former, and can attest to that statement. Definitely worth the read.
This is the story of a woman who accompanies her soon-to-be six-year-old stepdaughter to a foggy San Francisco beach one morning, and in a few second's time loses her. This book chronicles the emotional and physical journeys that fill the days and nights of the year that follows, where she is both literally and figuratively left in a constant state of fog.
I was a little disappointed by the ending in that what I wanted to see happen didn't... but then, that's how life actually goes, isn't it? Life isn't handed to us wrapped up in a neat package with a bow on top; rather we have to take what's given to us and make the best of it. A review on the cover of this book says, "Highly recommended [for fans of:] authors like Jodi Picoult and Jacquelyn Mitchard." I haven't read anything by the latter but am a huge fan of the former, and can attest to that statement. Definitely worth the read.
keschac's review
Incredibly slow. This book couldn't keep my attention if I lit it on fire. 👎
ericfheiman's review against another edition
2.0
Read for my writing class, "Fog" is (probably) one of the better "child in peril" novels out there. While the ending is hardly believable (as much as one wishes for it) Richmond captures the internal strife brought upon by the guilt of having a child abducted. Richmond moves the story along briskly and also captures the nuance and detail of San Francisco well, which is fun if you're a native like myself. But if you're a parent, you probably don't want to read this book at all.
liketheday's review against another edition
2.0
Abby Mason is the fiancée of Jake Balfour and the soon-to-be stepmother of his daughter, Emma. One day at the beach with Emma, Abby stops for a minute to take a picture of a dead seal pup. When she looks up to call to Emma, Emma is gone. Gone gone. Nowhere to be found.
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myra_c's review against another edition
3.0
Kind of dark and depressing. The end was different than I expected.
nagam's review against another edition
3.0
The plot of this book was written very well. However, things were too repetitive and I felt myself wanting to skip pages because I didn't want to continue reading through the same sentences over and over again. I just wanted to know what happened to Emma. The author put a lot of time and research into the storyline, which I loved, but when it came to the time to figure out what happened, the book was over as quickly as I could snap my fingers. I was frustrated; I wanted more closure than was provided.