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pixe1's review against another edition
3.0
3.5.... very compelling but sometimes the wording was just to heavy and superfluous. I felt like a good edit to tighten things up would have been a major improvement.
marshaskrypuch's review against another edition
5.0
Wow, I loved this novel. And what an interesting way to write about a plane crash. We get inside the heads of a seemingly disparate panorama of people. What they have in common is the crash of Panorama flight 503, but the tension is in finding out who it is that ends up on that flight and how those loved ones who depend on them cope in the aftermath, how they deal with the words that are left unsaid, the last moments together. A compassionate, original, thought-provoking book. I was utterly consumed by the intertwining stories. Each character seemed like a cherished friend and I mourned along with them.
taralpittman's review against another edition
4.0
There was no obvious call to make, no one left to be informed. Only known living relative. He knew then what he had always known, that the history of the telephone itself is a history of heartbreak.
While it is certainly a story of tragedy and unexpected death, Panorama also highlights those moments before, when we don't yet know what's coming, and they way in which those who are affected respond after such an event. I was very impressed with the writing and found myself pleasantly invested in the characters.
Great debut!
trillium9's review against another edition
3.0
I'm not sure what to write about this book. I think the best thing to say is that I should have liked it. The characters were vivid and showed a witty and beautiful cross-section of American life that I haven't seen anything like before. But in the end the plot was too sad and dragged on too long. Many of the characters lead lonely, tragic lives that weren't much improved or expanded upon, they were introduced and then never seen again. I'm sure there are people who would rave about this book, I'm just not one of them.
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