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rachelgertrude's review against another edition
2.0
I didn't know if I even wanted to write anything about this book. The cover set it up to be inspriring, but I can't say that this adjective really seemed right. The premise was intriguing: husband causes wife's paralysis in a boating accident, and now both have to learn to live with themselves and each other in new circumstance. There is great potential for a redeeming story here. I was left with a sense of characters only half-carved out of stone, with a lot more to be uncovered. It wasn't that the author's sketch of the characters seemed incomplete - it was more that the characters themselves lacked. I suppose any couple could face this kind of tragedy, but some people would learn and discover more under the circumstances than others would.
Parts of Dan and Laura were easy to empathize with. There were moments when I thought, " Wow, so that's how that would feel - I never thought about it that way." But there was something disappointing about it, too, and though it wasn't a long book, it dragged on.
Parts of Dan and Laura were easy to empathize with. There were moments when I thought, " Wow, so that's how that would feel - I never thought about it that way." But there was something disappointing about it, too, and though it wasn't a long book, it dragged on.
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