He disfrutado las 447 paginas completa y deliciosamente!. Que maravilla de Libro, de Historia, de Personajes. No pense que disfrutaria y sentiria esta lectura como lo hice, pero el caso este que este es un libro con tantas historias y tantos contrastes que me dejaron gratamente impresionada; el autor supo manejar de manera magistral cada uno de los roles en el libro, entrelazando varios relatos en una trama fascinante. Los temas que se abarca toda la narración son variopintos, el autor enfoca desde la perspectiva de la separacion de familia, el conflicto de parejas, el ecoterrorismo, el lío de ser adolescente, las drogas, la infelicidad, tantas cosas que se siente leer la vida de cada personaje de forma individual y distinta. Les contare un poco de que se trata. Tenemos como protagonista una familia El padre: Benjamin (Ben), Cooper, La madre: Sarah Cooper, El hijo Josh (Joshie) y La hija: Abigail (Abbie). Si, asi es, ellos son la columna ertebral de nuestra novela. El libro consta de 3 partes, en la primera parte nos encontramos con un suceso terrible y es la muerte de Abbie que marca el transcurso de l libro, vemos en el comienzo el modo en que ya la familia esta destruida,separada, rota; la segunda parte nos relata el modo como comenzo a desmoronarse la perfecta vida familiar a partir de la separacion de Ben y Sarah, y debo acotar que es uno de los puentos neuralgicos de la novela que estan narrados de manera magistral y fantastica, a raiz de todo eso Abbie se interna en una rabia hacia el mundo en general y en una serie de sucesivos eventos se convierte en ecoterrorista tanto por accidente como por elección, sin embargo como notamos al principio lo pago muy caro, Josh siendo el chico debil desde siempre por su parte se ve en la necesidad de madurar y ser el soporte de su madre, su hermana y su padre algo asi como el conciliador,;Sarah es una mujer fuerte, una madre decidida con padres adinerados y una vida comoda, su mundo se derrumba tras los acontecimientos sucedidos en su matrimonio y luego con su hija Abbie, para despues salir adelante. En general, se trata de una trama con sucesos fuertes, maraivllosos pero llenos de drama pero de eso se trata, al fin y al cabo de superar los problemas, el fin del matrimonio, del mundo perfecto que a veces nos imaginamos, me pude identificar con muchas escenas como el divorcio de los padres, y hasta les digo honestamente que me saco unas cuantas lagrimas (¿Les ha pasado a ustedes a veces, que un libro que estas leyendo te conmueva tan profundamente?, o tal vez solo soy demasiado sensible...). Este es como minimo un libro que les pido no dejen pasar, que lo lean, que lo busquen, que le den una oportunidad porque definitivamente lo merece y les puedo asegurar que podran identificarse con alguno de sus protagonistas o con alguna escena. Cuando el abismo separa es un titulo que considero una obra maestra digna de mencion y ha sido un placer para mi poder leerla .
For four anguished years Ben and Sarah Cooper's daughter, Abbie, has been on the run from the FBI, wanted for murder and acts of eco-terrorism. But when Abbie's body is found embedded in the ice of a remote mountain creek in Montana, the family's devastation deepens into mystery. How did Abbie die? And what was the trail of events that led this golden child of a loving family so tragically astray? The Divide is a very well-written novel with an engrossing and interesting plot. The novel started off so well but the plot did get quite slow halfway through the book. I did wish it would speed up at times but the story did remain strangely engaging. The last 60 or 70 pages of the novel were just as gripping and compelling as the first half of the novel. To tell the truth, I enjoyed the family drama sub-plot a lot more than I liked the murder mystery plot but I think that was probably because I didn't like the character of Abbie all that much. I loved all the vivid and wonderful descriptions of the Montana setting and landscape that made me feel like I was actually there. Nicholas Evans has got a great writing style and I love his use of language and imagery. The characters were well-developed and realistic. There were some characters I really liked and some I didn't really care for at all. I loved the characters of Sarah, Josh and Ty. I sympathised with Sarah. I thought Josh and Ty were strong male characters. I hated the characters of Ben, Abbie and Eve. I thought Ben was a selfish, egotistical, controlling prick and Abbie was a selfish, immature, whiny brat. I kept wishing she would grow the hell up and act her age. Abbie was definitely the female version of her father. I did think that what happened to Abbie was partly Ben's fault. I thought Eve was fake and nasty and definitely not someone I would like in real life. The Divide wasn't anywhere as good as The Horse Whisperer and The Loop but it was still a good read nevertheless.3.5 Stars!
What do You think about The Divide (2007)?
This one starts off with a bang and ends with a heart warming sniffle. That's what you get when you mix the startling compelling but slow train wreck tale of a middle American divorce-in-action Family with the live-action story of high school girl to college woman. We learn of Abbie's transformation into a radical college student juggling boifs. Abbie -- a clear reference to Edward Abbey's _Monkey Wrench Gang_ -- explores the identity of an ecological justice vigilante as the author layers intricate murder mystery thrills. Great fun reading this. The author makes the characters and the settings feel real, or real enough. My mind can reach out and touch the places and characters. Now I can cross off my bucket list: go to dude ranch in Montana.
—John
After cringing my way through the first chapter, which was very clunky and uninteresting, I quickly grew to love this book. I had previously not read any of Nicholas Evans’ books, but his story of Abbie Cooper who is found deceased within the first few pages perfectly encapsulates teenage desire and the emotions of a fractured family. Although the book is weighed down by a sense of hopelessness, as we already know of Abbie’s fate, the environmentalist in me empathised completely with her passion and I understood her emotions completely. I loved the story for the depth of the feelings of each member of the family, and for the ending, which was one I did not expect.One of the only things I didn’t like was how many different narrators there were in the book, and how often they changed. I think it would have been better perhaps just Abbie, her brother and one of the parents rather than the 5+ protagonists that there are.
—Stacey Melia
I just re-read this for what must be the first time since I bought it, because I could not remember the story to save my life. Bits and peices came back as I read, but this was almost like reading it for the first time. I hadn't realized I didn't put his books on my read list either. I am a big fan of Evans and wish he would write more!! One thing that I came to realize is that my taste has evolved quite a bit since I had become a fan of his work. I still enjoyed it, but I don't think I will add another read to this particular novel.The story is about a family who seems to have everything until the patriarch decides he is unhappy, and the daughter decides that she must take drastic actions to show her support of her cause. The story has several different point of views, and works from the present through the past, finally ending shortly after where it all began. I found the different points of view to be a bit annoying, but it wasn't too terrible. Even with the small bits that got on my nerves with this novel I would still say it was worth the money, and a good read.
—Brandi
