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4.17 AVERAGE
4.17 AVERAGE
emotional
reflective
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
hopeful
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Following the deaths of her much loved husband and son, Helen decides to move back to her childhood home in the UK, having spent 60 years in Australia. Where she quickly falls into a lonely and monotonous daily routine of shopping, listening to the radio, watching tv, taking baths, and sleeping. Almost willing death to come in order to bring her peace.
But her life changes, one cold winter night when she ventures outside to rescue an abandoned fish tank full of rubbish from her neighbours driveway. Making a surprising discovery amongst it all in the form of a small mouse whom she names Sipsworth.
What follows is a touching, heartwarming, and poignant story of loss, love, community, joy, friendship, resilience, loneliness, healing, the importance of connection, unexpectedly finding yourself, even in the latter stages of your life and finding a purpose in the most unexpected people and places.
I really love the character of Helen, who is so well written and portrayed that you really can relate to her as being one of your parents/grandparents. Especially as the story progresses and we learn more about her life leading up to the timeline involved in her story. Really humanising her to the readers.
Simons writing is simple yet heartfelt, emotional, and thought-provoking. Creating a narrative about how society sees our elderly, the role they have and continue to play, and how important it is to build and maintain our connections with them at all stages of our lives.
If you're looking for a story full of love, connection, and hope. Then this is one for your tbr.
But her life changes, one cold winter night when she ventures outside to rescue an abandoned fish tank full of rubbish from her neighbours driveway. Making a surprising discovery amongst it all in the form of a small mouse whom she names Sipsworth.
What follows is a touching, heartwarming, and poignant story of loss, love, community, joy, friendship, resilience, loneliness, healing, the importance of connection, unexpectedly finding yourself, even in the latter stages of your life and finding a purpose in the most unexpected people and places.
I really love the character of Helen, who is so well written and portrayed that you really can relate to her as being one of your parents/grandparents. Especially as the story progresses and we learn more about her life leading up to the timeline involved in her story. Really humanising her to the readers.
Simons writing is simple yet heartfelt, emotional, and thought-provoking. Creating a narrative about how society sees our elderly, the role they have and continue to play, and how important it is to build and maintain our connections with them at all stages of our lives.
If you're looking for a story full of love, connection, and hope. Then this is one for your tbr.
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
medium-paced
emotional
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
emotional
funny
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
emotional
funny
hopeful
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
It starts off with a very detailed account of the daily life of a sad and lonely old woman. It continues like that for 80 of the 220 pages. Then she finds a mouse and this opens up her life as she connects with other people in order to care for the mouse. As the book progresses, it becomes touching and sentimental. The chapters are short and is a quick read, if you don’t mind how depressing it is at the start.
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced