"It seems so stupid, to finally find someone who you really care about, only to let them go."
—A Voice in the Distance by Tabitha Suzuma
Title: A Voice in the Distance
Author: Tabitha Suzuma
Page Count: 256 (Paperback)
Synopsis:
Every thought hurts like hell. Everything you see is awful, twisted, pointless. And the worst—the worst of it is yourself.
Star pianist Flynn Laukonen has the world at his feet. He has moved in with his girlfriend Jennah and is already getting concert bookings for what promises to be a glittering career. Yet he knows he is skating on thin ice—only two small pills a day keep him plunging back into the whirlpool of manic depression that once threatened to destroy him.
Suddenly Flynn finds himself in hospital, carnage left behind him. The medication isn't working any more and depression strikes again, this time with horrific consequences. It seems like he has to make a choice between the medication and his career. But in all this he has forgotten the one person he would give his life for, and Flynn suddenly finds himself facing the biggest sacrifice of all.
Thoughts:
I saw this at Booksale and was thrilled to get my hands on another book by Tabitha Suzuma (the author of Forbidden) and I read it as soon as I had the luxury of free time.
I am very much in-love with the characters especially with Flynn. I adore that he is driven but willing and Jennah compassionate but ardent. I like the story and how it is smoothly told. Every piece of the story just falls into place gracefully—like Flynn's fingers fleeting across the piano keys. I can even hear the music as I read. I felt the connection, grasped every emotion and hang I did to every word. It made me smile, roll, laugh, kick, frustrated, hopeful, teary, mad, excited and, of course, kilig. I can't put the book down and I refused to sleep until I finished it. Although I found myself unable to sleep even after. I wonder where I would be now had i pursued music myself.
I love the book a lot that it ached when I reached the last page. I flipped the last page and flipped it back again checking if the page numbers are right. That is just how I wanted more, more, more, MORE! sigh I even wish someone would tell me that my copy is just one bloody chapter short! Even a missing page would do, I could cry! It is so beautiful my heart is in fragments.
