It seemed overly complicated, not so much about what I somehow expected it to be about - the whole tone was different. I didn't expect it to be entirely romance based, I'm not entirely 'into' romance as such but the extent of the violence and the sci-fi fantasy elements just confused me more and made me unsure what direction it was headed in.

The way the plot played out, it left me feeling more frustrated than hopeful or anything, sadly. I do like a good time travel type read and I loved 'The Midnight Library' but this didn't work for me. I imagine some people might well enjoy it though, hence my 3 star rating overall. Not one for me, certainly.

I think this is a story other people will enjoy more but I (as ever) got a bit muddled following multiple sub-plots. Its quite good at presenting a tense atmosphere and its ok but not great. Not really my thing but its ok.

I really enjoyed this book - its (of course) amusing and diverting, silly and a good bit of fun. There's not much I can say about it really. If your aware of Steve Coogan's popular character, Alan Partridge and if you enjoyed his previous bio. book 'I, Partridge', then I thoroughly recommend this as a follow up. Its written before his characters recent return to BBC via the 'This Time with Alan Partridge' series, so there aren't any references to that but then thats to be expected as the book came out before that series. It took me a while to get around to reading this but I'm glad I did - the chapters are fairly short and so it was a relatively quick and easy read, a good one for dipping in and out of a few times a day at the most. This is well worth a read.

I found this to be an understandably sobering read – some parts were quite hard to read (not in terms of understanding it but in terms of how emotional it was). Suffice to say its fairly descriptive at times, making me imagine being in either Karina's (the pianist's ex-wife), or Richards, shoes. At times I felt sympathetic for Richard but I also felt sympathetic for Karina as well, given some of the details of their marriage that are disclosed. It is quite touching, with both of them looking back at their failed marriage and realising some home truths and, more widely, to see how different people deal with finding themselves facing Richard's worsening health condition. I'd say it is perhaps a bit sentimental but by no means excessively slushy, which I (personally) liked/appreciated.

I thought it was quite an accessible read, with fairly short chapters and a large font size, which I liked as it meant it was a novel that's easy enough to pick up and put down. I'd also like to point out that it is much more focussed on ALS (i.e. MND Motor Neurone Disease) than it is on the music side of things, so if your hoping its mostly about Richards passion for piano then this may be a slight let down. However, his talent with piano is certainly mentioned - there are numerous mentions of specific pieces of classical music and some parts of the book covers both Karina and Richards personal passion for music, so I suppose it wouldn't be fair to say the front cover of the book is misleading as such but I did feel that overall the emphasis is moreso on the ALS than the victims (i.e. Richards) previous profession.

If your like me and enjoy thought provoking novels and the like, then I reckon your likely to enjoy reading this, although perhaps with such a story, enjoy maybe isn't the best term but I'd recommend it all the same (I've taken one star off purely due to the fact I suppose I'd have preferred a bit more descriptive information about the characters backgrounds and more about the music side of things perhaps but I am a bit of a nit-pick I admit!).

Too much long winded scientific type detail. A little long and windy seeming. Hard to picture some of what was explained, though the included photos and illustrations were quite good. Nearly a good nature book but not really to my personal taste.

This is a book which reminded me very much of the authors previous novel, Never Let Me Go. It also reminded me of 2 films, thematically speaking - Artificial Intelligence (AI - the Steven Spielberg film) and Toy Story. Its an interesting and even re-assuring read, with an element of poignancy and its somewhat thoughtful. However, it is a bit hard to fully get your head around everything depicted. I'm not great at fully understanding the symbolism of certain things but I can't say that I didn't enjoy reading it at all, regardless. There is a nice escapist feel to it. I suppose it isn't the lightest of reads but its not one of the most difficult books to read either. Its relatively short at 307 pages long.

Some aspects of the plot confused me a bit but otherwise I liked the main themes of the book and what it makes you think about, so yes, overall I would recommend it, yes.

I had never heard the whole story before. Its quite political and well performed by Jamie Bell. An atmospheric and interesting listen, I'd recommend it, yes.

This was a quick, easy read. It has a nice twist to it. I enjoyed it.

I enjoyed this. There are some plot twists, interesting characters and I liked the vocal performances - Dinklage sounds very convincing as Monsieur Poirot! there are some good background noises/effects and I'd say its a decent atmospheric listen.

Brilliant - really thought provoking and amusing, quirky and a generally good read. I thought it ironic that I was reading such a book on a Kindle as an eReader but oh well haha.