Overall a lovely read, uneven and sometimes getting bogged down in the middle, but ultimately a very enjoyable journey. The last part of her family was in super fast forward mode like done around the publishing deadline. Stellen Sie sich vor, Sie könnten dadurch die Stimmung und die Absichten aller um Sie herum vorhersehen und fühlen.

Es handelt sich um eine sehr Charakter fixierte Geschichte, und die Charaktere sind dementsprechend sehr vielschichtig, interessant und menschlich. Ollie her younger brother soaks in his mother's blue and red (Depression and Anger) while Hugh her older brother with his Pink (Love) manages to be the beacon of sanity for Alice. Her brother Hugh is supportive, but her mother Lily struggles with illness, and her brother Ollie gets into trouble (later landing up in the jail). I was like what the hell then they all grew up in the next couple of pages then people started to die first her brother in prison then her mum husband other brother then her. Please read the book for yourself, make up your own mind and I many have missed some some vital points in plot or dialog and three and a half stars from me.For a novel centring on colours, I’m afraid this was terribly bland, or hummus as Ahern might describe it. Despite coming from a less-than-ideal family background she fights her way through each and every day with strength and courage but there are still days when it feels like distractions take over – how can one master life if obstacles keep getting thrown your way?

Mir ist das früher gar nicht bewusst gewesen, dass viele ihrer Bücher zur Kategorie „Magical Realism“ gehören. An interesting fictional recount of how someone with synesthesia may see life and the world around them. Alice does not have an easy life, and her gift (or curse depending on how you look at it) make everyday activities like walking down a street overwhelming. Im discovering I have a love for damaged female protagonists, whether it's down to nature or nurture I love these girls.She spends her younger years blocking herself off from other people, she wears sunglasses, gloves and a facemask to stop other people’s feelings invading. The book is a laudable effort and appeals to you if you are patient and want to understand a unique life. Alice Kelly’s been given a gift, though if you were to ask Alice about it, she wouldn’t describe it as a gift…. Like a baby is associated with gold color, it’s fascinating when Alice knows that her teacher is pregnant before her teacher knows herself. I flew through the book, and I didn’t even realise how emotionally attached I was until I found my eyes welling up with tears at it’s conclusion.

I was curious to see how this develops as I have seen such unusual conditions/abilities used well - integrated with the story (Anageria/Slow ageing in ‘How to Stop Time’ by Matt Haig) and used poorly - as a twisty plot element (Prosopagnosia/Face blindness in ‘Rock Paper Scissors’ by Alice Feeney).You could hear a word and it has a colour to it, you may read a word such as “street” and smell oranges. Und jeder neue Abschnitt in ihrem Leben hat sich dann ja auch meistens als Verbesserung herausgestellt. The job she had one minute she had a normal job the next she was applying and got the job that one of her co workers wanted. I like to mix dark with light, sadness with humour, always keeping a balance, and always bringing the story to a place of hope. It was published last month by Harper Collins and is available in hardback, audiobook and for e-readers.

Her brother Hugh is encouraging Alice to strive out on her own after school when her mother’s diagnosed with cancer and younger brother – who Alice has seen absorbing her mother’s dark moods – is jailed. It becomes very repetitive - there are only so many ways of describing how colours appear - the red mists, the murky browns, the swirling purples.

Divided chapters by colors, and you'll immediately feel sorry when you come across the last chapter because you know the thing associated with it.