Bridge to a Distant Star
by Carolyn Williford
June 1, 2011 by David C. Cook
Paperback, 384 Pages
Review Copy
It All Comes Tumbling Down..........As a storm rages in the night, unwary drivers venture onto Tampa Bay’s most renowned bridge. No one sees the danger ahead. No one notices the jagged gap hidden by the darkness and rain. Yet when the bridge collapses vehicles careen into the churning waters of the bay below. In that one catastrophic moment, three powerful stories converge: a family ravaged by their child’s heartbreaking news, a marriage threatened by its own facade, and a college student burdened by self doubt. As each story unfolds, the characters move steadily closer to that fateful moment on the bridge. And while each character searches for grace, the storms in their lives loom as large as the storm that awaits them above the bay.
Thoughts
Our story opens upon a rainy and gloomy scene, one which launches us right into the collapse of the Tampa Bay Skyway Bridge, where vehicles plunge into the waters below. I knew devastation was happening but to whom I didn’t and that’s where Williford begins her story and rewinds us back to meet the characters in her book. I painstakingly got to know members of three separate families and only painful because I knew they would be a part of that bridge collapse when everything met full circle in the end. My emotions got completely tangled up because I knew what was coming and I wanted to jump in the book, standing in front of that bridge blocking the characters from driving on it.
It’s certainly a mix of emotions and feelings hard to review without spoiling the journey this book has to offer. The ending however really did surprise me, I guess my mind frame didn’t match the time frame going on, which left me shocked and at a loss for words when the characters all tied together in the end. By far, Bridge to a Distant Star delivered a very gripping, intense climatic end with an emotional engaging in between.
It’s certainly a mix of emotions and feelings hard to review without spoiling the journey this book has to offer. The ending however really did surprise me, I guess my mind frame didn’t match the time frame going on, which left me shocked and at a loss for words when the characters all tied together in the end. By far, Bridge to a Distant Star delivered a very gripping, intense climatic end with an emotional engaging in between.
Rating
BTADS is recommended to adult and mature teen readers. Contains: Suspense, accident violence, marital issues, teen issues including rebellion-aspirations-depression-romance, accident violence, hope and some intense situations.
4/5- Inspy-Thriller
Thanks to David C. Cook and the CFBA for Review Copy
It would definitely be hard to read this one knowing what was going to happen and just reading each page with dread knowing you were getting closer and closer to that collapse and there's nothing you can do about it! I like that kind of intensity though, it makes a book memorable I think:)
ReplyDeleteNot sure if this would be for me, but great review!
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