The Mountain Between Us Book Review

In this book author martin blends a beautifully written love story into a high intensity aircraft disaster story and the result is a novel that is both deeply moving but also gut wrenching and highly suspenseful.

The mountain between us book review. Right out of the gate i had an uneasy feeling about the mountain between us as all flights are canceled at an idaho airport because of an incoming blizzard. The mountain between us book review. You get to follow these characters through the bitter conditions and the best part. A mountain between us by charles martin was written in 2010.

For some those mountains are physical. Stars 2 out of 5 stars. And it s quite cleverly written on two levels so we re not just talking about endurance love and survival on the mountain alone. I absolutely love the book and i really wish the movie had stuck to it.

There is a moving emotional counterpart to the physical journey these characters undertake. Alex desperate to head back to new york in time for her wedding overhears ben complaining that he has to operate on a young boy the next morning. This is an emotionally laden journey a story meaningful enough to leave a lasting impression on this reader. You don t see the end coming.

Incredibly intense and suspenseful the mountain between us is a thrilling tale of survival. Reviewed in the united states on june 20 2016. After their commercial flights are cancelled ben and alex partner up to charter a private plane but. Kate winslet and idris elba star in a disaster movie turned schmaltzy romance.

In other cases the challenges are emotional or relational. Ben records messages for rachel on his tape recorder that recall their relationship starting with the first day he met her and ben and ashley discuss his private thoughts about his and ashley s situation. The mountain between us review kate winslet and idris elba heat up snowy romance a pair of engaging star turns elevate a satisfying if simplistic adventure about the blossoming relationship. It s a story about two strangers that get on a charter flight to beat a snow storm but end up stranded on the side a mountain in utah.

2017 cute banter emotional heartbreaking unforgettable reads on the surface the mountain between us appears to be nothing more than another survival story but don t be fooled. The book is a wonderful concoction of a tale of endurance love and survival against all the odds. For ashley and ben in the mountain between us those mountains come in all three forms.