I was not overwhelmed by this book. Which is probably on me, as this is not my normal read. I do think the author did a good job laying out the story. I like that she showed things from different perspectives - and that everyone deals with loss in their own ways.

From the outset this novel had me hooked.The subject matter is not an easy one and some may find it upsetting but as with all hard issues that is not a reason to avoid it. I especially enjoyed the voice of Cee Cee and her observations on life.
This book is definitely worth the read and the subject of loss is dealt with head on by Amanda Prowse but also with sensitivity. Read this if you get the chance

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for supplying my copy of the ARC in exchange for a honest review.

A couple, James and Rachel Croft, wake up on their yacht, in Bermuda, to find out their 7 year old son is gone. The story is one of dealing with loss and the devastating effects on their relationship
I found the book became repetitive toward the middle and it was very sad and depressing but all in all it wasn't a bad read...just not the best Amanda Prowse has written. Giving it a 3 star.

⁣The Coordinates of Loss is a heart wrenching book about a couple who are torn apart after their son’s disappearance. The writing was beautifully done, but I did have a few issues with it. ⁣
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I couldn’t connect with Rachel, because I found her to be very self-centered. She didn’t care about the suffering of her husband, James, or of her parents who had lost their beloved grandchild. She couldn’t be bothered to offer them a word of consolation and consistently made the loss only about herself. It was hard to sympathize with her when she showed no sympathy for anyone else. ⁣
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I loved James and wish there had been more of him in the book. Cee Cee was a great addition to the story and I found her a much more fascinating character than Rachel. Overall, it was a good book, but I do think the middle fell stagnant.

Not really sure how I feel about this book. It was an easy read, but yet moved very slowly at times with lots of "unnecessary" words. But overall, I liked this story of love and loss. There were so many quotes that I could really relate to and so much about loss that I, having lost my husband, could truly understand. However, although the feelings of loss were relatable, the way the main character dealt with these feelings was not - a little hard to fathom, yet still a good story. Four stars.

The author had a great way of describing a tragedy. A very emotional book. I loved it. Highly recommended

Many thanks to Netgalley and Amanda Prowse for the copy of this book. I agreed to give my unbiased opinion voluntarily.

I spent most of this read in tears, I think it would hit a lot of parents like that - the story was well crafted but I did struggle to seperate how I would feel as a parent from the fiction in the novel. It was a great book but maybe I'm too much of a weeper!

Life is brilliant for Rachel, a successful husband, a stunning house in Bermuda, a yacht and a perfect 7 year old son........ then she gets up one morning on the yacht and her son is gone...... suddenly her world has gone to pieces. Rachel struggles in the aftermath unable to accept that he is not coming home and that he is out there somewhere, especially as the body is never found. Instead of turning to her husband James she pulls away from him leaving him isolated and trying to pull their life back together on his own, until she returns to her family in Bristol.

A very sad emotional book...... how do you move on from a tragedy like that, especially when there is no body to prove his death.......I did think it went on a bit too long, but apart from that it was an interesting read

The Coordinates of Loss by Amanda Prowse is a sad, sad story. I can't even begin to imagine losing a child, but this book was just too depressing for me. I was pulled in at the beginning, but then the middle part of the book seemed to drag on forever. I did like the end, but overall, this book was not for me. I am not saying it was not well-written, but just not my cup of tea. I also found the final chapter to be super confusing, I had to go back and start over after reading three pages to figure out who the people were and then I still was a bit lost, but I did get the gist of what happened. I am a fan of Amanda Prowse and look forward to more of her books in the future.

This book was really good, I found it to be an interesting and emotional read. Amanda Prowse is a brilliant and moving author. Worth a read :)

Beautifully written, emotional and gut wrenching. As a parent, it was like reading my worst nightmare. I'm not sure I can say that I 'enjoyed' it, but I certainly won't be forgetting it for a while!

This book is a sheer delight, a mixture of heartbreak, loss and hope that takes you on a roller coaster ride. The writing is flawless as in all Amanda Prowses books. Highly recommended.

Every mother's worst nightmare...and it happens to you. Rachel goes from a happily married wife and mother to a woman devastated by grief and loss in the matter of a few minutes. Amanda Prowse lets us feel Amanda's heart break and pulls us into her grief so we see her new reality through her eyes. The story of how she learns to keep going on just one more day will keep you reading long into the night. This book is what my group of reader friends call a "boo hisser". It will make you cry...count on it and make sure you have hankies handy.

Another outstanding novel from Amanda Prowse.
An idyllic and very happy life torn to pieces in the blink of an eye and there isn’t anything that anyone could do about it.
Rachel and James awake to find their 7 year old son not in his bed...nowhere to be found and the most tragic thing is they are on a boat in the middle of the ocean.
We follow Rachel mainly and her grief with the accompaniment of cee-cee a wonderful housekeeper and friend who helps Rachel come to terms with the death of her son.
It’s a very emotional read but the ending is beautiful .

While this author knows how to express grief with the written word, and I was drawn into the sadness of their situation, there were times I felt the book dragged. I liked the inclusion of Cee-Cee's life story.

The Coordinates of Loss by Amanda Prowse is about James and Rachel Croft who wake up on their boat, in Bermuda, to find out their 7 year old son, Oscar, is gone. They frantically begin to search for him. The story consists of dealing with loss and the devastating effects on their relationship. There was a lot of repetition in this book with a short list of characters. This plot may be better suited for a novella.

I am sorry but I could not finish this story. the pain and angst over the loss of her son was just to real for me. The writing laid all that pain wide open and it felt so real. So I guess you could say the writing was top notched.

Another fab book written by Amanda. I could not but this book down, it is a beautifully written story, which is very emotional , so have your tissues ready!

I've become a big fan of Amanda Prowse's books over the past couple of years, so was very happy to receive an ARC of The Coordinates of Loss. The common theme I've found in the books I've read by Prowse is ordinary people who are confronted by life's disappointments and heartbreaks, and how they struggle to overcome those events. This one did not disappoint.

Perhaps the biggest fear parents face is that something will happen to their child, and probably nothing is more horrifying than the disappearance of a child, left torn between desolation and desperate hope. When Rachel and James wake on their boat and are faced with the disappearance of their beloved son from that boat overnight, they find themselves grieving in very different ways. It's heartwrenching, and at times frustrating, to watch them try to deal with their loss, together yet separately, to lose each other and struggle to rebuild their lives. A big part of their healing process becomes their housekeeper CeCe, both from her taking care of James, and her letters to Rachel in which she discusses her own life losses.

On a side note: When I saw that the audio version was read by the author, I decided to try a bit of it that way and ended up listening to the rest of the book. Amanda Prowse did a lovely job on the narration, and I wouldn't hesitate to listen to her narrate more of her own books.

Thanks to Netgalley and Lake Union Publishing for providing a copy for an unbiased review.

This was, as usual from Amanda Prowse, a sensitively written novel with a very sad, very heart-wrenching central event. However I found the unremittingly angry and depressing reactions rather hard work - much as the grief would have been. I felt the book got rather bogged down in the repetitive cycles of emotion with very little to vary the plot or lighten the mood. Definitely a weepie with an ultimately, if rather abruptly concluded ending, but, sadly, not a book I would recommend to start the new year in a positive frame of mind.