Leap | Litsy

Leap | Myfanwy Jones

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This started out with some promise. All moody Melbourne streets at dawn, laneways, hipster cafes, a lean parkour-loving 20 something male. I settled in.
However, this quickly came to feel like something written during a writers workshop where topics were pulled randomly from a hat. "Jones you got ...."Tigers" and "Parkour" !
The descriptions of the city charmed me, I liked the Parkour sections, less so the tigers.
Ok, but not memorable.

Marchpane Lol at pulling the topics from a hat! 8y

Redheadrambles @Marchpane - it was just such an odd combo. All I have remaining from my Miles Franklin list is "Black Rock, White City" 8y

Marchpane Ooh, leaving the winner till last, let's hope that is a good strategy and it is a great read! 8y

Redheadrambles @Marchpane I hope so too ! So many great books coming out from Australian authors. I am not convinced absolutely that these ones were the best but they got me back into keeping an eye on Australian fiction 👀 8y

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Justfreakingreading

Leap | Myfanwy Jones

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Loved this book. It has a very Australian urban Melbourne feel to it, which is very reminiscent of Maureen McCarthy mixed with a little Nick Earls. Being a huge reader with, I will admit, a propensity to read the back of the book, I still found myself turning the pages to find out what was going to happen next to Joe and Elise. Highly recommend.

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HollyRingland

Leap | Myfanwy Jones

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Joe lives–despite himself. Driven by the need to be alone after a tragic night that took his love and his future, he works nothing jobs and just exists. On the other side of the city, Elise retreats to the tiger enclosure at the zoo – where, for reasons she barely understands, she starts to sketch the beautiful killers. LEAP is a beautiful urban fairytale about human and animal nature, and the transformative power of grief. I LOVED this book hard.

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