Girlfriend in a Coma
Ratings17
Average rating3.6
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Ratings17
Average rating3.6
A New Age novel on a Vancouver woman who falls into a coma which lasts nearly two decades. The novel traces the impact on her family, especially on her boyfriend and a daughter she gave birth to just before the coma. By the author of Life after God.
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Chosen purely because the author's initials matched my own (part of a Reading Challenge) and I liked the ethereal cover with its colour photocopied girl reminding me of a Tori Amos single. However, it did not get off to a good start as every time I picked it up I found myself droning the title with “I know, I know” after it in a Smithsy/Morrissey fashion - that got very boring very fast!
The book is split into 3 sections: the fairly interesting 1978 section where the girlfriend does indeed slip into a coma and her group of friends deal with how they are affected, the okay second part where she awakens and (spoiler alert) then the world ends, and the final section where they wander through the wreckage of the ?future. The end section dragged horrifically and really put me off the fairly promising start.
This is my first attempt at Coupland and according to his critics it's his worst and most pointless work (good choice then). So I'll maybe attempt another of his in the future but I definitely do not recommend this one!
