Review of The Bridge
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Review of The Bridge
[Following is a volunteer review of "The Bridge" by Andrew Palmer.]
THE BRIDGE, by Andrew Palmer
An intriguing book capable of connecting the present and the past. “The Bridge” has a dual time-frame narrative. The first through the perspective of students at university, the second through the eyes of a young engineer in Canada, a long time ago.
I chose this book because I’m a fan of historical literature, no matter the period if I can disconnect from the real world while reading. As you can imagine, the modern-day storyline wasn’t my favorite; I was slightly disappointed at the beginning, when I discovered the book started with university students working on their projects. However, after a few paragraphs, their story caught my eye by the depiction of student lifestyle. Ben and Esther are completely relatable students: they have different lives and different problems due to their lifestyle. He’s an average student with a social life, she is a star student with an ethnic background.
Soon, the life of these students is connected to the past through a mysterious journal, an unknown document that belonged to Alec Durand, who worked on the bridge: the object that gives us the connection between two different periods.
The first page has a script made by Ginette, the woman who became Alec’s wife and gives him the journal on their wedding day, knowing he isn’t a very talkative man. Soon he starts writing about his everyday life, a theme considered useless by Ben, because he wants to use the information as a data source. He’s persuaded by Esther to not give up, so they continue using it and their relation advances, as the Ethics assignment. After a fight, he discovers what happens to Alec, to the bridge… and the cost of ambition without responsibility.
The book is short, easy to understand, completely readable, even for a person whose mother language isn’t English. Even if the characters of the journal, of the story inside the story, were from another era… I craved to know what was going to happen to them. I wondered if Alec’d ever get to be stable and happy as he deserved with Ginette, who loved him unconditionally. Their relationship was lovely and endearing… unlike Ben and Ester’s. The contrast between both pairs absorbed me at some point. I must confess, the end of the modern storyline disappointed me a little bit, but considering the context it was completely appropiate.
So, “The Bridge” was to me a very interesting novel, with an argument that was new to me and after all, I liked it. I look forward for a little bit more, so I hope I can read a new book of the author soon! 3/4!
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The Bridge
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THE BRIDGE, by Andrew Palmer
An intriguing book capable of connecting the present and the past. “The Bridge” has a dual time-frame narrative. The first through the perspective of students at university, the second through the eyes of a young engineer in Canada, a long time ago.
I chose this book because I’m a fan of historical literature, no matter the period if I can disconnect from the real world while reading. As you can imagine, the modern-day storyline wasn’t my favorite; I was slightly disappointed at the beginning, when I discovered the book started with university students working on their projects. However, after a few paragraphs, their story caught my eye by the depiction of student lifestyle. Ben and Esther are completely relatable students: they have different lives and different problems due to their lifestyle. He’s an average student with a social life, she is a star student with an ethnic background.
Soon, the life of these students is connected to the past through a mysterious journal, an unknown document that belonged to Alec Durand, who worked on the bridge: the object that gives us the connection between two different periods.
The first page has a script made by Ginette, the woman who became Alec’s wife and gives him the journal on their wedding day, knowing he isn’t a very talkative man. Soon he starts writing about his everyday life, a theme considered useless by Ben, because he wants to use the information as a data source. He’s persuaded by Esther to not give up, so they continue using it and their relation advances, as the Ethics assignment. After a fight, he discovers what happens to Alec, to the bridge… and the cost of ambition without responsibility.
The book is short, easy to understand, completely readable, even for a person whose mother language isn’t English. Even if the characters of the journal, of the story inside the story, were from another era… I craved to know what was going to happen to them. I wondered if Alec’d ever get to be stable and happy as he deserved with Ginette, who loved him unconditionally. Their relationship was lovely and endearing… unlike Ben and Ester’s. The contrast between both pairs absorbed me at some point. I must confess, the end of the modern storyline disappointed me a little bit, but considering the context it was completely appropiate.
So, “The Bridge” was to me a very interesting novel, with an argument that was new to me and after all, I liked it. I look forward for a little bit more, so I hope I can read a new book of the author soon! 3/4!
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The Bridge
View: on Bookshelves | on Amazon
Latest Review: The Bridge by Andrew Palmer
