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A review by mellmeyer96
Kokomo by Victoria Hannan
4.0
Where to even begin with this one... I went into it pretty blind and not knowing much about the storyline but for some reason expected myself to fall in love with it. Instead of falling in love I think I was more bewildered by the story. I found myself at times not knowing where it was going or how it could progress any further but this just drew me in and kept me needing to know more. It suprised me and really told a story that I haven't read before.
I found the start quite slow, but not too slow that I lost interest - the story progressed nicely and matured to show the different ways humans love each other and the nature of our relationships with loss and love.
I particularly liked how the book was split into parts giving both daughter, Mina and mother, Elaine their own voices and allowing them to tell their own sides of the story. It was a great way to reveal more details and I didn't find it repetitive. Mina and Elaine both have a burning desire to feel needed by someone and this being told from their own perspective is what made the story so powerful.
I haven't stopped thinking about this book since I put it down and I feel that another read in a few months time will be beneficial for me help really wrap my head around the story and complexities within the different characters - potentially bringing it up to 5 starts for me. Overall I enjoyed this book very much, it made me laugh, cry and showed me that stories don't need to be all love and roses to be beautiful.
Have you read Kokomo? I'd love to hear your thoughts ❣️
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When Mina receives an urgent call from her best friend back in Melbourne her world is turned upside down. Her agoraphobic mother Elaine has left the house for the first time in twelve years. Mina drops everything to fly home only to discover that Elaine will not talk about her sudden return to the world nor why she's spent so much time hiding from it. Their reunion leaves Mina raking through pieces of their painful past in a bid to uncover the truth. Both tender and fierce heartbreaking and funny Kokomo is a story about how secrets and love have the power to bring us together and tear us apart.
I found the start quite slow, but not too slow that I lost interest - the story progressed nicely and matured to show the different ways humans love each other and the nature of our relationships with loss and love.
I particularly liked how the book was split into parts giving both daughter, Mina and mother, Elaine their own voices and allowing them to tell their own sides of the story. It was a great way to reveal more details and I didn't find it repetitive. Mina and Elaine both have a burning desire to feel needed by someone and this being told from their own perspective is what made the story so powerful.
I haven't stopped thinking about this book since I put it down and I feel that another read in a few months time will be beneficial for me help really wrap my head around the story and complexities within the different characters - potentially bringing it up to 5 starts for me. Overall I enjoyed this book very much, it made me laugh, cry and showed me that stories don't need to be all love and roses to be beautiful.
Have you read Kokomo? I'd love to hear your thoughts ❣️
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When Mina receives an urgent call from her best friend back in Melbourne her world is turned upside down. Her agoraphobic mother Elaine has left the house for the first time in twelve years. Mina drops everything to fly home only to discover that Elaine will not talk about her sudden return to the world nor why she's spent so much time hiding from it. Their reunion leaves Mina raking through pieces of their painful past in a bid to uncover the truth. Both tender and fierce heartbreaking and funny Kokomo is a story about how secrets and love have the power to bring us together and tear us apart.