2024 the best seller book review

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An Amazon Charts bestseller.

A deeply moving story of carrying on even when it seems impossible.

Life is over in an instant for sixteen-year-old Finn Miller when a devastating car accident tumbles her and ten others over the side of a mountain. Suspended between worlds, she watches helplessly as those she loves struggle to survive.

Impossible choices are made, decisions that leave the survivors tormented with grief and regret. Unable to let go, Finn keeps vigil as they struggle to reclaim their shattered lives. Jack, her father, who seeks vengeance against the one person he can blame other than himself; her best friend, Mo, who bravely searches for the truth as the story of their survival is rewritten; her sister Chloe, who knows Finn lingers and yearns to join her; and her mother, Ann, who saved them all but is haunted by her decisions. Finn needs to move on, but how can she with her family still in pieces?

Heartrending yet ultimately redemptive, In an Instant is a story about the power of love, the meaning of family, and carrying on...even when it seems impossible.

Reviewer: Kindle Customer
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Forgiveness and Grace
Review: When I first started reading, I thought what a tragedy, but as I continued to read, it made me feel so many emotions, and I have never read a book from the perspective of a spirit. In a true life or death situation, how you think is completely different than if were just a scenario. Fear brings out a side of you that you never know existed. And this book shows you. But the true focus is on forgiveness, grace, mercy, understanding and moving forward. What an exceptional read.

Reviewer: Sandy M
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Quite a story
Review: This book was very touching for me. Good story and interesting how each reacts to the tragedy. I lost my daughter to a drunk driver, and I saw the accident. So this story brought back some sad memories but I also found it interesting and true to life of how each person dealt with the death. The whole time I read the book I kept wondering if my daughter could see us after she passed. I believe she could. Someone said to me after her passing, Live your life like you want her to see how well you are doing, Make her happy. This fit this situation. Also interesting what happens in a situation like this to whom you thought were "real" friends. Really enjoyed this book.

Reviewer: Anna Collins
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: An Amazing Story About Coping With Traumatic Events
Review: • Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★• General Overview: The novel follows the story of two families who are caught up in a serious, tragic accident high in snowy mountains and the lengths that each individual go to to survive. The book takes the ingenious idea of narrating the aftermath of the crash from sixteen year old Finn’s PoV. It’s ingenious because Finn dies in the crash and therefore she takes on an almost omniscient role and the book becomes a sort of fly-on-the-wall exposé of the crash victim’s broken lives.•What did I think?: This book was an absolute page turner for me! I picked it off of the recommended shelf on Kindle Unlimited and I am so glad that I did! ‘In an Instant’ is such a beautifully written novel that tackles grief and how different people cope with traumatic events. Everyone reacts differently and this book shows the gambits of emotion from all sides and the emotions hit the reader as you read it. I was intrigued to find out that Suzanne Redfearn had inspiration from an event in her childhood when writing this novel. You can tell that her raw emotion from her memories really helped fuel the tone of all the characters as they navigate through the traumatic events that unfold.There are so many characters in this book and the author does an amazing job at going into detail of how each character is feeling emotionally and coping with the traumatic events they all just went through. Because of this, it is so easy to become attached to these characters and feel the emotions that is being portrayed by their thoughts and actions.There are also some plot twists in the story that I personally didn’t see coming and I’m a sucker for plot twists. There were moments where I was mad, sad, and shocked at some of the outcomes. Suzanne Redfearn did such a great job at using suspense to keep us locked in and turning the pages to see how everything would turn out.This is a novel that really asks questions about what we as humans are capable of doing to each other. It dares to look at our darkest thoughts of purely self preservation and asks the reader do you know what you would do in these most bleak of moments? No one character in this book is left guilt free. They all experience shame on some level at how they survived and because they survived.• Do I recommend this book?: Yes! This is one of those books that really the less you know about it the better. While the prose may not be that beautiful with an awkward narrative initially, this is still definitely worth a read if you’re in the mood for a character study type novel as the most thought provoking themes truly reveal themselves after approx 1/3 the way through.

Reviewer: Sheri Rae
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: I can’t count the times I cried …
Review: This was such a great story. Very thought provoking. And sad. It brought you into the characters emotions. None of us know what we would have done.

Reviewer: Tillie
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Very good story
Review: Very good story! The author; Suzanne Redfearm writes this story in a way to keep you on your toes and keeps your interest through out the while book. Not even one chapter was was boring. Excellent read. I only have one question and that is...why didn't Finn know where Oz was?

Reviewer: Linda S
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Exceeded expectations!
Review: What I initially thought was going to be just a coming of age/family drama turned out to be so much more. It would be wrong to give away any plot details. The story needs to be read and experienced firsthand by the reader.Some of the factors I liked best were the perspective from which the story was told; the depth of realistic emotion and scarcity of sentimentality; the overall quality of the writing; and the believable portrayals of people coping with grief, anger, and guilt. Upon reading the author’s comments at the end of the story, the realism and honesty in which it is told becomes even more apparent and understandable.Perhaps because of the perspective of the character who tells the story, the book is very visual and would make a compelling movie but only if the depth of purpose is maintained and it’s not turned into something lesser.

Reviewer: Nancy
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: In an Instant
Review: This was a really good book. A very emotional book. I read another book by this author. She has a way with words. I would recommend this book to everyone.

Reviewer: Emily
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: I couldn’t put it down
Review: This book was amazing. Whether it was the unique point of view, the thrilling storyline, the gripping details, or how everything played out and it didn’t leave you wondering, it made for an amazing read

Reviewer: jackey
Rating: 2.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: The fact that immediately takes you aback and even disappoints you is the choice of a dead person as onniscient narrator: obviously a ghost sees everything from above and knows everything. Too easy! Also, the part of the survival should have been better developed: the idea was good. All the rest is basically a " morality play" based on the central idea of guilt, regret, punishment, redemption, but....Coleridge did it much better. Pity, because the writer has good skills.

Reviewer: Baiba
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Beautiful, heartbreaking, sad.The tragedy happened in the beginning, and it’s the after, how everyone deals with what happened. From a very unexpected and interesting point of view, a psychologically perfect story. I devoured it in one day!

Reviewer: Inês Buttros
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: This was so good! I cried throughout the whole book. Great characters, my heart aches for all of them. It speaks to the sensitivity and care behind every journey. What a masterclass in writing! Well done, Suzanne Redfearn.

Reviewer: Wendy
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Well-developed and emotionally-charged "In An Instant” opens when a disastrous camper accident on a snow-covered mountain road kills sixteen-year-old Finn Miller and leaves her father seriously injured. With biting cold winds, snow falling and daylight gone decisions are made that have Finn’s sister Chloe and her boyfriend struggling through the storm looking for help, and when they don’t return her mother Ann and Kyle following them into the night. The Gold family; Finn’s friend Maureen (aka Mo); mentally challenged Oz Miller; and his dog Bingo are left behind to care for the injured Jack and will make tragic life and death decisions that will haunt their lives until the truth of that night is revealed.Told from sixteen-year-old feisty and stubborn Finn Miller’s perspective, as her spirit lingers on after her death, intensity and suspense escalate not only with the hazardous struggles to find help; the negligence causing a young boy’s death, but also in the decisions made to survive. Yet the most poignant and evocative part of the story lies in the choices made by friends and families who afterwards are guilt-ridden and searching for the truth of that night as they struggle to put the pieces of their lives back together. In a plot filled with anger, guilt, self-loathing, vengeance and lies, judgements will be made that will heal or destroy the lives of those affected. Intriguing with an affair, a search in the mountains, and a friend determined to make the truth known, the story quickly winds flawlessly to a compelling climax.Among a host of complex and fascinating characters are lawyer and mother Ann Miller who’s determined and relentless in a tough situation but domestically neglectful of her children’s needs; former yacht captain and stay-at-home dad Jack Miller who’s calm and caring until angry and vengeful after the accident; the self-absorbed Bob and Karen Gold; their haughty, self-centered daughter Natalie; overweight, mentally challenged thirteen-year-old Oz Miller; and the eighteen-year-old smart, tough, haunted Chloe Miller. All these personalities and others infuse this plot with emotional tension, heart-provoking power that captures the reader from the first page to the last.I thoroughly enjoyed “In An Instant” a story of tragedy, survival, and family love.

Reviewer: Tom
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Wow. As I get to the end of the book, the only lingering word I have in mind is just "wow" while my heart swells with emotion.This book is truly a rollercoaster of emotion that takes you through the highs and lows of a horrific accident and its aftermath.We see the story through the eyes of Finn who dies and watches the event unfold before her, helpless to do anything.We see kind and caring people show their ugly side in the face of danger and how the regret consumes them.And we see love in a strange form, bonds built and broken in the face of tragedy.You'll find Finn an incredibly likeable character who will make you laugh and break your heart throughout the book, and combined with the fantastical writing too, it truly makes a masterpiece of a page turner that you won't be able to put down.If my rating isn't enough, then so many high rates around it show it's worth every second of your time.