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This book has a movie out that I have watched, so I decided to read the book to see how it compared to the movie. I think I liked the book better than the movie. A struggling newspaper columnist, Peyton MacGruder finds herself with a note from a passenger on a plane that has crashed and left no survivors. She is on a quest to find the person the note was written to. Along the way she discovers how the note affects everyone in life, especially Peyton and her life. It is a story about forgiveness and I enjoyed seeing how the author brought the note to conclusion. ( )

I liked this book. It wasn't my favorite, but I liked the way it was written. There is an air of mystery weaved into the sad story of the plane crash, that devastates everyone in the country. ( )

I really wasn't too sure about this book at the start. It opens with the scene on board flight 848 moments before it crashes when we are introduced to several of the passengers. Then the story shifts to what is actually the main event - Peyton MacGruder and her colleagues in the press office. And it took off, for me, from about the third chapter.

The author has, quite skillfully, woven together the Biblical offer of forgiveness and the possible human responses to it. A second strand of the narrative explores the character and history of Peyton. And, of course, there's an element of romance although this is down-played and the book is definately not mushy. It's about forgiveness - not romantic love.

I didn't particularly like the 'Comment' sections which the author uses to give us the characters' impressions of Peyton. She didn't seem to use quite the right voice in these parts - but perhaps I simply imagined the characters in a slightly different way to that intended.

Other than that, this was a very satisfying read and I'll look for more from this author. ( )