The Comet Seekers (Audiobook)

from Castlelass

As the story opens, Róisín, an astronomer, and François, a chef, meet at a scientific base in Antarctica. The goal of the Antarctic project is to study comets. The narrative is episodic, coinciding appearances of various comets between the years 1066 and 2017. The episodes loop through history, f...

from cburnett5

3.5 stars The Comet Seekers is beautifully written. I was so excited to read it based on the summary and other reviews I had read. Somehow, I just did not totally connect with the story. There are SO many characters that I found it hard to keep up with them all. I also just did not love the story...

from Arkrayder

This is one of those books that is really well written and has beautiful descriptions. But I found some of the relationships between characters bizarre and this just threw me out of the narrative. Events all center around comets and the lives of the people are connected to them. Great idea. Just ...

from wagner.sarah35

The nonlinear nature of this book made the story hard for me to follow. Jumping from century to century, this book traces a family of comet watchers and follows them as they tackle their own past. An interesting concept, but it didn't pull me in and the nonlinear didn't help.

from Laurochka

I loved this book! Starting and finishing in Antarctica the story follows the lives of the two main characters, using snapshots throughout history, from when comets were visible from earth. It's a story of families, ghosts, love and dreams. Charming!