I received a review copy of How Not To Disappear by Clare Furniss from Simon and Schuster, this has in no way influenced my thoughts or feelings about the book.
How Not To Disappear had a slow start. I was really excited to read it when I heard the synopsis last year. It sounded really intriguing and I knew that I had to read it, so when I began to I was really disappointed, however after I got about 50 pages in, it started to get really interesting.
How Not To Disappear is told from two different point of views; Hattie and her great-aunt Gloria as they both discover who they are.
Hattie’s summer isn’t going the way that she planned it; her two best friends have left. She is babysitting her younger siblings and there is drama with her mums wedding. So when she gets a call about a relative that she never knew existed, she is taken back by the news. However she is quite intrigued and when her …show more content…
As the novel went on, it did get better and I felt for her so much. Hattie has to deal with so much and I just wanted to take a burden on her shoulders. We find out pretty early that Hattie is pregnant with her best friends Reuben. Hattie rather dismisses her pregnancy and that did get on my nerves quite a bit, because I wanted the baby to be safe.
Gloria is a character, she is independent, love to drinks lots of gin and is sadly in the early stages of dementia. I adored when we were in Gloria’s p.o.v. Her story is heartbreaking and as How Not To Disappear went on we find out what really happened to her and why she has been distant from her family. Gloria’s story is told through flashbacks and through the present day.
I loved the banter between Hattie and Gloria, it was really fun and sweet at the same time. It was beautiful seeing their relationship grow, and it was nice to see a really good family relationship that isn’t between protagonist and parent or
How Not To Disappear had a slow start. I was really excited to read it when I heard the synopsis last year. It sounded really intriguing and I knew that I had to read it, so when I began to I was really disappointed, however after I got about 50 pages in, it started to get really interesting.
How Not To Disappear is told from two different point of views; Hattie and her great-aunt Gloria as they both discover who they are.
Hattie’s summer isn’t going the way that she planned it; her two best friends have left. She is babysitting her younger siblings and there is drama with her mums wedding. So when she gets a call about a relative that she never knew existed, she is taken back by the news. However she is quite intrigued and when her …show more content…
As the novel went on, it did get better and I felt for her so much. Hattie has to deal with so much and I just wanted to take a burden on her shoulders. We find out pretty early that Hattie is pregnant with her best friends Reuben. Hattie rather dismisses her pregnancy and that did get on my nerves quite a bit, because I wanted the baby to be safe.
Gloria is a character, she is independent, love to drinks lots of gin and is sadly in the early stages of dementia. I adored when we were in Gloria’s p.o.v. Her story is heartbreaking and as How Not To Disappear went on we find out what really happened to her and why she has been distant from her family. Gloria’s story is told through flashbacks and through the present day.
I loved the banter between Hattie and Gloria, it was really fun and sweet at the same time. It was beautiful seeing their relationship grow, and it was nice to see a really good family relationship that isn’t between protagonist and parent or