Review: Part Bore, Part Engrossing?
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 08 30, 2012
Can you be obsessed with half of a novel and be completely bored by the other half? Apparently, you can. Reflection can be separated into two parts: Before and After.I don't truly want to give a overall star rating. I divided the book into two parts and I can rate them separately.2 stars to Before:Before the accident, Heather has an amazing, heart-pounding, brain-melting romance (to her) during her first year of college. These and other memories are revealed as dreams during her long time in a coma after the accident. This could be described as the contemporary romance portion and the part I mostly skipped over. I read enough to know Heather is smart and witty, and there are other characters like Nick (the boyfriend), Creed (her childhood best friend), and Liz (her college best friend). Also, Nick and Heather have the previously mentioned heart-pounding romance. I read maybe a few scenes to quickly gather the personality of these characters, but other than that, I stuck to the After.4 stars to After:After the accident, Heather wakes up in a hospital and after being told she has been in a PRS coma, she tries to piece together what is real and what is not from her dreams. That's the part that pulled me in, that intrigued me no end and was so wonderfully entertaining. Even though I only read the After portions of the novel, I easily fell in love with all the fantastic characters. When Heather realized that not all of her memories may be real, she is forced to face the fact that her whirlwind romance may have just been a coping mechanism for her mind. That possibly, the man she was head over heels in love with might actually just be a fantasy. Can you call a (portion of) book an emotional mystery? 'Cause that's exactly what it was.Highly unique and highly recommended (well... at least the After parts)P.S. I googled a PRS coma. Turns out it's not real. Sadface. That sounds like a real and particularly intriguing medical condition.