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I was lucky enough to be sent a beautiful advanced copy of Impossible by Sarah Lotz, together with some delicious treats, so huge shout-out and thank you to HarperCollins for choosing me to read this bloody brilliant book! This book publishes in the UK on 17th March 2022 and is absolutely stunning, as well as uniquely brilliant!
SYNOPSIS: This is not a love story. This is IMPOSSIBLE. ‘Sometimes love doesn’t come in the form you think it will.’
Nick: Failed writer. Failed husband. Dog owner. Bee: Serial dater. Dress maker. Pringles enthusiast. When fate brings them together over a misdirected email, the connection is instant. They feel like they’ve known each other all their lives… It should have been the perfect love story. Instead it was IMPOSSIBLE.
REVIEW: So I wouldn’t say this type of book is usually my thing and from the get-go, our two narrators, Bee and Nick, are corresponding in email but there’s something not right. Bee is looking back and telling us about Nick’s red flags and you’re just racing through the chapters to find out what it is that’s so off with these two narrators.
The BIG twist scene actually happens pretty early on and when I was reading the big twist on the bus on my way home from an event with Hanya Yanagihara, I could not believe what I was reading and it was done so excellently well, I was honestly gobsmacked because I had no idea what the twist was going to be and Sarah Lotz gave me everything I never knew I needed.
However, I did start to worry that as the bid twist scene happens really early in the story, and the book is just under 500 pages, I was certainly questioning where Lotz could go from here and honestly, I really, really enjoyed the direction in which the story went. I found myself really invested into Nick’s story more than Bee’s but I still loved Bee and I was still rooting for them both. I think I was drawn more to Nick’s story because for me, I feel like Nick was the character who nothing went right for and a lot seemed to happen in his story compared to Bee’s.
Without spoiling the story, Impossible actually sparked an interesting debate between my boyfriend and I as I asked if we were in the same position as Nick and Bee, what would he do. The exploration of love, relationships, friendships and the outright weird concept which I won’t spoil for you, was honestly so well written I just could not get enough. I absolutely loved the ending, to the point where I was genuinely holding back tears on the bus. I think the story was a little bit longer than I would have liked but that didn’t take anything away from the story development and if anything, made the ending more impactful and emotional!
I had been told prior to reading this that Lotz’s books do have a tendency to get very weird which just made me want to read the book more and as Impossible was my first Lotz book, I’m now itching to read her other work if they are anywhere near as good as this was.
READ THIS IF:
⚡ You’re looking for a love story that’s VERY different
⚡ You enjoy books that switch narrators throughout
⚡ You’re looking for a book that will test the boundaries of fiction
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