The Kari AnnAlysis

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Release: February 2, 2010

In One Amazing Thing, we get stuck in a visa office with 9 other customers after an earthquake rattles a city. These people are all very different but soon realize they need each other to live. After the quake hits, the group must help one another with injuries, falling debris and failing spirits. As the temperature drops and the sun sets to push through, the group all tells a small story, one amazing thing that has happened in their lives.

Some of these stories showed life struggle, another helped explain to their loved one why they never wanted a pet and one even told about a long lost love that one granddaughter never knew her grandmother experienced.

As with most stories that have a lot of characters, I found myself flipping back through the pages to make sure I knew exactly who was talking.  I have a tendancy to get confused easily

I liked this book because I learned about a nationality that I have never really been around. I also felt like I really got to know these people on a personal level. They told their own stories – one that meant very much to them that most had never shared before. They let me in on their life.

This is the kind of book that really makes you think. If there was a possibility you wouldn’t make it until morning, what story would you share? I finished this book on Monday and my review has been delayed because it’s Thursday and the first time I’ve been home since Monday morning due to bad weather. This has given me a lot of time to think about my story. The only story that I feel strong enough about is the evolution of my relationship with my husband. From the night he came to me with his stunna’ shades and asked for my number, to our first date, to the emotional day I left for college, to the night we said I do. This is definitely my amazing story.

Other than confusion through parts of the book, the only thing I didn’t really like about it was the ending. I am not going to give it away, but it wasn’t what I expected.

The book kept me reading and I loved getting to know the characters. I give One Amazing Thing, 4 bookmarks.