By Carrie Firestone
3.5/5
This book is beautiful. Definitely not the best book I’ve
read but still utterly beautiful. The story follows Maddie and her family as
they set off on a cruise where people with life-threatening illnesses go to die
(kind of like Dignitas but on a boat). I have a lot of opinions on Euthanasia
which I won’t share as I don’t want to offend or upset anyone but I think that
no matter your opinion, you should definitely read this book.
The family dynamic is central to this book and I thought
Maddie’s family were fantastic; her Grandma is hilarious, her cousin is someone
I would love to be friends with and her Uncle Wes is fabulous. Maddie’s family
meets other families who are experiencing the same thing they are on the boat
and it is lovely to get to know so many other characters and watch as they all
lean on each other in times of need. Paige and her daughter are two of my
favourite characters as well as Mark and his brother.
However, this book is not just about death; it is about adventure
and travel, grief and acceptance, friendship and romance, all wrapped up in one
heart-warming, yet equally heart-breaking book. I’m really enjoying books about
travel right now as I have a huge fear of flying so I travel vicariously
through the characters in books (even though I get extreme wanderlust), and the
places explored in this book are places that have been on my bucket list for a
long time thus I really enjoyed reading about them.
The writing style isn’t my favourite but the plot and the
characters make this book really special. I would wholeheartedly recommend!
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