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What a wonderful career I have (librarian, soon to be retired). It allows me choose so many wonderful books often based on reviews with consideration of our readers tastes. Sometimes I call a patron immediately and suggest a new book, other times I wait to see if they will find the book on their own.In the case of "he's Gone" I had some readers in mind. The book began its circulation process and within two reads, a woman stopped at the desk to tell me it was "awesome". What better recommendation...
He's Gone breaks all the "good writing" rules and gets away with it.It's written in first person. We are told to limit the number of times we use the word I, which is used 21 times on the first full page of print and continues to proliferate throughout. It's used 20 times on the last page. That alone would warrant a failing grade in any writing class. Caletti also slips into second person, occasionally addressing the reader as "you".The title and cover art makes it look like a mystery, but it wa...
I was afraid it was going to be too much like Gone Girl, but it's not at all. This is touching and poignant and easy to identify with her feelings. So well articulated.At about 80% into the book, some of her prose gets a bit redundant but the book is still good. Unfortunately, there is a drop off at the ending. Why does this happen to some writers? Are they done with the story themselves, having thought it and now writing it becomes a chore? While the ending itself wasn't bad, the writing of it,...
I was asked to read this for my book club. Sad to say I got so bored with it and guessed (pretty much) the mystery that I started skim reading all the uninteresting background claptrap and when that still bored me, skipped right to the end. I certainly feel the point of this story got lost in all the nostalgia and reflection. I think the point is that we are conditioned to respond to situations and question ourselves based on what has happened to us in the past. Poor old Ian Keller, did anyone r...
“When you go looking for rescue, you end up trapped in your own weakness.” ― Deb Caletti, He's GoneCan you imagine if you will, you are married and so happy. You go to sleep one night with your spouse by your side. Then you wake up. Your spouse is not there. OK, Maybe he or she is out taking a walk, went to met a friend, went to the grocery store. So you wait. But your spouse never comes home..That is the premise in "He's gone" an excellent piece of Women's fiction that surprised me with how utt...
The central "missing person" mystery of "He's Gone" is very nearly a Macguffin. The novel is really about the stories we tell ourselves and the actions we take to avoid loneliness and difficult truths. Protagonist Dani has finally escaped her abusive marriage to Mark, but only after she finds her "rescuer," Ian, a perfectionist entrepreneur who, we learn, is not without his own issues. As Dani investigates Ian's disappearance, she begins to peel back the layers of denial, numbing, and self-doubt...
No author has ever expressed better for me, the things a woman thinks and feels during each stage of a relationship. When Dani's husband disappears, she explores their relationship from its start to the present day, until you find out where he has gone. Insightful..💕
Very rarely do I begin to write a book review when I am no further than halfway through. He’s Gone is the kind of novel that makes its reader pause and think. This novel is emotional and truthful, brave in ways I have a hard time comprehending. And Dani is athe epitome of that bravery. I love when authors write from that place inside that is so honest and vulnerable; it almost hurts to read it because of the raw truth behind it. It’s that place that makes you see your own weakness, the one you a...
I know this book got rave reviews, but to me this book was not that great. The majority of the book is nothing but reflections. The premise of the story, a man goes missing, sounds great and wants you to think it's this big mystery. However, the mystery is small compared to the fact that the story is basically the retelling of how the man and woman met. You are suppose to maybe believe that this man left his wife. Nothing is missing, and divorce or leaving is not an option. The backstory is that...
