Reservoir 13: WINNER OF THE 2017 COSTA NOVEL AWARD
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By Jon McGregor, and and, Matt Bates
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From the award-winning author of If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things and Even the Dogs. Reservoir 13 tells the story of many lives haunted by one family’s loss. A GUARDIAN NOTABLE BOOK OF 2017
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Reservoir 13 by Jon McGregor
Reviewed 4th June 2018
****
8 members present
13 years old, 13 reservoirs, 13 chapters
From the blurb many of the group expected a crime novel but this is not a book about ‘a crime’ but a reflective meditation on the circle of life, death and nature, throughout a period of years. It is a story of ordinariness and the effects a disappearance has on a community.
We were caught up in the life of this village, its people, their concerns, and their lives. Each chapter has it’s own stories which are interwoven with elements of the missing girl and her impact on others. Alongside this the writer has used repetitions that trigger key events in our memories and show time passing. The cycle of the seasons, the landscape, the power of nature, wildlife and the birds. However, life cannot come to a standstill because of the enormity of the happening and its impact on people.
Reality is that the only thing that stays the same is the girl, she is still 13 and still missing.
This was the first book we had read by this author and a few members went on to read Reservoir tapes
