Book info

• Title The Life Impossible
• Author Matt Haig
• Year 2024
• Genre Fantasy

When retired Maths teacher Grace Winters is left a run-down house on a Mediterranean island by a long-lost friend, curiosity gets the better of her. She arrives in Ibiza with a one-way ticket, no guidebook and no plan. Among the rugged hills and golden beaches Grace searches for answers about her friend's life, and how it ended. What she uncovers is stranger than she could have dreamed. But to dive into this impossible truth, Grace must first come to terms with her past. Filled with wonder and wild adventure, this is a story of hope and the life-changing power of a new beginning.

Thoughts

I’ve really enjoyed previous Matt Haig books I’ve read, both fiction and non-fiction, so I was looking forward to this… it just didn’t quite work for me. The writing is engaging, and the spirit of the book definitely has that magical Matt Haig quality, I guess I just didn’t like the story. And I had the feeling along the way that some characters were getting more airtime than others which made it feel a bit disjointed. I don’t know, it was definitely worth reading but not a favourite.

Rating: 2 / 5