As Simple as Snow

Unabridged
Author: Gregory Galloway
Narrator: Scott Brick
Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Thriller
Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks
Date: October 2007
Length: 7 hours
Ratings:
Formats:
  • CD
  • WMA

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Overview

A mesmerizing labyrinth of art, magic, cryptic codes, and young love that sparks the imagination and teases the mind, an arresting first novel about a young man’s quest to unravel the puzzle his missing girlfriend may—or may not—have left behind.

Anastasia (Anna) Cayne is a complicated high school girl with a penchant for riddles and affectionate mind games, who spends much of her time writing obituaries for every living person in town. She is unlike anyone the narrator has ever known, and her energy and enthusiasm explode his quiet universe, revealing a world of Houdini tricks, strange art, covert messages, and ghost stories, although her past remains an even bigger enigma. Even so, he couldn’t be happier.

But a week before Valentine’s Day, Anna disappears, leaving behind nothing except a dress placed neatly near a hole in the frozen river, and a string of unanswered questions.

Determined to find Anna, to comprehend what happened and why, he begins to retrace their past five months together. Soon the fragments of events, conversations, letters—and new messages that continue to arrive—coalesce into haunting and surprising revelations about friends, about family, and especially, about Anna Cayne. And perhaps these revelations will solve the puzzle of Anna’s disappearance, whether it was her own invention or simply another of life’s great mysteries.

Selected Reviews

As Simple As Snow

by Susan Tortorici
  • Book Rating: 5/5

As Simple As Snow

by Amanda
  • Book Rating: 3/5

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Reviews (6)

As Simple As Snow

Written by Susan Tortorici on March 11th, 2008

  • Book Rating: 5/5

This is the sort of book that sucks you in. I wasn't sure I would like it but weeks after reading it, I still think about it. That is a good book. Excellent.

As Simple As Snow

Written by Amanda from King George, VA on February 26th, 2008

  • Book Rating: 3/5

Very odd book. Wasn't sure where it was going or if it was just about a high school crush gone bad. The ending just wasn't there. There was no ending. I wanted to know what happened.

As Simple As Snow

Written by DKN on January 29th, 2007

  • Book Rating: 4/5

I loved this story, plus it was read by my favorite narrator Scott Brick. Think back to your high school years and all of the feelings of being lost and trying to figure out who you were and where do I fit? This book is not about getting the answers to these questions, but maybe a discovery of a journey and where one may end up.

As Simple As Snow

Written by Rosalyn Hines from Atlanta, GA on October 23rd, 2006

  • Book Rating: 4/5

I enjoyed this audiobook...for its humor, its accurate description of teenage angst, its acknowlegement of the intellectual/creative teenager, and its very adult description of loss. I looked forward to time spent in the car so I could listen, and I particularly appreciated Scott Brick, the narrator, whose work I have enjoyed previously.

Talk about nothing happening

Written by Ann B on July 24th, 2006

  • Book Rating: 2/5

The plot's premise promises much and delivers little.The emphasis seems to be on the narrator's inner state more than on plot. This makes for a rather slow book. Also, more infuriatingly, the book raises a ton of questions--compelling ones at that--and never answers any of them. Bah! what a cop-out. If I want unanswered questions I'll just live my own life, not escape into fiction. Having said that, he does draw some interesting characters..Anna, Bryce, Carl-- However, if I had it to do over again....

Simple in Snow

Written by Farm Girl on July 14th, 2006

  • Book Rating: 2/5

The book is slow. Rarely do I quit a book without making it to the end but stopped listening to this one half way through. Probably a good character study of teenagers. I no longer have teenagers and found it boreing.

Selected Reviews

As Simple As Snow

by Susan Tortorici
  • Book Rating: 5/5

As Simple As Snow

by Amanda
  • Book Rating: 3/5

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