Reviewed by Lianne on
Walking on Trampolines was an interesting read, following Lulu de Longland over the course of her teenage years and early adulthood. For a while it does leave the reader wondering where the story is headed if it wasn’t for the opening sequence and the chronological order that the novel follows afterwards. What led Lulu to that opening sequence? How did this “nice” girl end up doing what she did? The first half of the novel more or less looks at the events leading up to that decision, and the fallout of that decision in the latter half.
Because the novel covers such a large span of time, there were some slow moments reading the book, but I really enjoyed the charcter of Duncan. He injected some life in the story during Lulu’s transition after high school and later again after the incident. He’s a total cad, but he’s also quite charming and endearing, and I really enjoyed his interaction with Lulu; he had some of the best lines in the book.
The latter half of the novel should read much slower because of where Lulu ends up, but for me it was the most endearing because of all of the people who come in and out of Lulu’s life, helping her out or hanging out with her. Her struggle to come to terms with everything that had happened and with the decisions she had made was really interesting to read (compelling now that I think back on it), and there are a lot of interesting little moments along the way that keeps the story going.
Overall, while Walking on Trampolines wasn’t as heartfelt as I thought it was going to be, it was a very interesting read and over time I think it did leave quite an impression on me.
Rating: 3.5/5
Reading updates
- Started reading
- 17 January, 2015: Finished reading
- 17 January, 2015: Reviewed