There Will Never Be Another You: A Novel
by Carolyn See
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Author: Carolyn SeeEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-09-25
ISBN: 0345440471
Number of pages: 272
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Book Reviews of There Will Never Be Another You: A Novel
Book Review: Shallow characters, rediculous plot!
Summary: 1 Stars
I find myself wondering if maybe the previous reviewers were relatives of the author or work at her publishing house.
I did not find this novel interesting or engaging. And yes, I did finish it. The characters were all shallow, self centered cliches, and the "plot" revolves loosely around some completely unbelievable espionage thread relating to biological terrorism. None of the characters seems able to engage with the world or with anyone in it in any meaningful way, they just drift off into thier own lonely, selfish, self imposed exiles. I found it sad and depressing.
Summary of There Will Never Be Another You: A Novel
?Carolyn See has written a novel alive with wit and love and energy?a book about things falling apart that turns out to be a day at the beach. . . . Pure joy.??Joan DidionAccomplished author Carolyn See triumphantly returns to fiction?seven years after her last novel was published?with this provocative, vibrantly written new novel. Set in a security-obsessed world that eerily mirrors our own, There Will Never Be Another You captures the paranoia and propaganda of a volatile time and place in which humanity?s divisions run deep and society sits on edge?and one Southern California family faces profound crises from within and without.
It is a moment in the near future when the global threat of terror has cultivated rage, apathy, and panic across the country. People fear that ?anybody could be armed, or have a bomb. Or a disease. Or all three.? For Phil, a dermatologist at the UCLA hospital, it is a time of unease and uncertainty, in stark contrast to the days when he coasted through life on his good looks, a modicum of charm, and only haphazard effort. Now Phil must deal with his mother, Edith, who?s been grieving over the death of her husband for several years and only recently has thought to reconnect with a family that seems to have other priorities. Phil?s energies are already divvied up among his belligerent children, his wayward wife, and his unreliable mistress.
Then Phil?s life takes a dramatic turn: He is recruited for a top-secret team whose task is to act quickly in the event of a biological or chemical attack. The assignment just may provide him with a renewed sense of purpose. Yet dire circumstances force Phil to make profound decisions that will affect not just himself and his loved ones but the entire country. It is a chance for an ordinary man to rise from mediocrity to heroism?and at which failure would prove to be catastrophic.
Foreboding and all too plausible, There Will Never Be Another You is a cautionary novel of family and society, where a naïve past is replaced by a menacing future in which distinguishing between reality and imagination proves to be more challenging than ever.
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