Underwhelmed. I liked the concept and setting but I zoned out while trying to finish this book and felt uninterested in the evolution of the actual story.

Thank you for this book, but I could not get into it. I will not leave a bad review online.

This has an interesting premise but it's slow. I liked the atmospheric Sydney setting. Sometimes In these situations, the writing can carry me through but this time the prose is florid and I think the book would have benefited from a strong edit. I recognize that this is a reissue and thank Netgalley for the ARC,

The Body in the Clouds by Ashley Hay tells the story of three generations of men intertwined by location and a bridge that touches all their lives. There is Dawes, an astronomer during the British rule of Australia, Ted a construction worker on the Sydney bridge in the 1930's, and Dan a modern day banker Australian expat living in London.

This book takes a look at the building of a bridge and a man who fell from the Clouds and survived. This man touches each of the three men's lives in different ways.

I liked the way this book paints a picture of the bridge as well as the lives of these three men and how they are intertwined. I found that this book could be a little slow if you are used to fast paced books this one may not be for you. I personally liked the development and thought it waa paced well.

I would recommend this book to fans of multiple storylines and Ashley Hay.

I acknowledge that I recieved this book free of charge from NetGalley and the publisher in exchange for my honest and unbiased review of it.

This book will probably be enjoyed by lots of people, but I am not one of them. There were a lot of decent parts to it, but it definitely just wasn't my type of book.
I liked the writing style of this book and the amount of detail the author included. There were so many beautifully written scenes and so many small details that were thrown in that made the story seem so much deeper and more real. I especially liked how much the author loves Sydney, Australia. That became very obvious as I got further into the book.
That being said, NOTHING HAPPENS IN THIS BOOK. I mean, obviously, things happen. But the main events were small enough and (in my mind) meaningless enough that I didn't see the point of including them or making them out to be a huge of events as they were in the book. I loved the writing, but I was constantly bored by this book. By the time I was halfway through, I knew what the big plot twist was going to be and I was eager to finish the story and get to that point. And then, it took another 160 pages to do that. For me, that was difficult to read - especially when this book happens in people's heads. The majority of the text is dedicated to the thoughts and reminiscing of characters and there simply wasn't enough action to keep me occupied and content.
Recommended for people who enjoy slow, intriguing, profound books. Definitely not meant for anyone who likes fast-paced or action-packed stories.

For a novel that included so much praise from authors and other literary publications I was expecting much more. I love the idea but it seems like the author feel short on the execution. It seems like the author tried to make the insignificant significant to such a degree it felt contrived and unbelievable.