📚’I loved this novel!’ @AlisonW_Editor Reviews One Tuesday, Early by @AnnalisaCrawf for Rosie’s #BookReview Team #RBRT #TuesdayBookBlog

Today’s team review is from Alison.

Alison blogs here https://alisonwilliamswriting.wordpress.com/

Rosie’s Book Review Team

Alison has been reading One Tuesday, Early by Annalisa Crawford.

I loved this novel. I wasn’t really sure what to expect from the unusual premise, but this is a novel that feels slow and contemplative while also making you eager to know what happens next and keep turning the pages. That’s a really clever thing to do and shows how talented the author is.

Lexi is alone, and she doesn’t know why. And by alone, I mean completely alone. It’s as though everyone has disappeared. And time has stood still too. She’s confused and scared. Lexi’s story (told in alternate chapters with those of her partner, Finn) is in second person, which should be awkward, and which shouldn’t work, bit which isn’t, and does. It works brilliantly, in fact.

We move into the future with Finn while Lexi is stuck, and learn about their relationship, their pasts, and Finn’s future. There are subtle hints here and there about what has actually happened, and when all is revealed, it makes perfect sense.

Beautifully written, completely engaging and a joy to read.

Five stars

Book description:

You’re on your own and you shouldn’t be. Your partner is missing. The streets are empty. Even the birds have disappeared. What do you do?

It’s 6:05am one Tuesday morning, and Lexi Peters is alone. Her partner, her friends, her neighbours have all vanished without a trace. The entire town is deserted. Gathering every ounce of courage, she sets out to explore the streets, seeking any sign of life. Her only companions are a coy black cat and a lurking fog that seems to follow her every step.

On the same morning, her partner Finn awakens to an empty house. Recalling the blazing argument they had the night before, he assumes Lexi has snuck off somewhere to cool down. But she doesn’t return.

Time passes. Or not. Lexi is stranded on that Tuesday morning, while Finn hurtles through the years at increasing speed.

Can Lexi and Finn be reunited, or is it already too late?

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