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3.95 AVERAGE
3.95 AVERAGE
So I am now a blubbering idiot walking down the street as I finish this wonderful audiobook. I love the story and the characters so much. My only complaint is that it is too short and I miss them terribly. The narrator of this book was wonderful!
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
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:
Yes
First book I read by Van Booy and I am in love. Reading this book was the first time in recent memory that I have felt that real, true thrill of reading, that excitement to get to the book whenever I could. The characters, Jason and Harvery, are absolutely real, quirky and unforgettable, the writing lyrical, the story deeply compelling. I am giving it a 5 though technically I would give it a 4.5 because a very wonky thing happens within a few pages of the end that I find rather untenable but otherwise, I highly recommend reading this book. I cannot wait to read the rest of Van Booy's work.
I was expecting the book to be a lot darker! It's so sweet and hopeful. Took a while for me to get into it because of my general dislike for literary fiction. That being said, overall it was good and I liked the ending (mostly). There are some things that are unresolved, but I would hope they would be worked out eventually.
I really enjoyed this story. The book was a quick, easy read and I knew from the beginning that there was a ‘big reveal’ coming. This made me want to both rush through to find out the ending, and still want to go slowly because I wasn’t ready for it to end!
I liked the characters in the story; Wanda — the social worker who pulled some strings to get the placement she thought best served the child, Jason — the uncle turned father who had a rough start but became the father his niece needed, and Harvey — the young girl who tragically lost her parents and grew into a compassionate, successful adult!
In this story Harvey, the adopted daughter of her Uncle Jason, is living in Paris and hosting Jason for the week of Father’s Day. She has put together a gift box of memories which will culminate in the big reveal. Each day Jason removes and unwraps an object symbolic of the events of Harvey’s childhood. They spend quite a bit of time in their memories, and we get to see both Harvey’s perspective and Jason’s perspective. It’s interesting to see how they don’t always have the same perspective, and how Harvey’s perspective has evolved through the years.
While I really enjoyed this book, the only thing that did marr it for me a bit was the ending. I wasn’t surprised by the ending as I had expected it in a way but didn’t see how it could happen. But I was left a little confused about who knew what and when did they know it. And who knows what now? I would have liked to have seen another chapter or two clarifying this, as well as discussing the repercussions of the big reveal to both Harvey and Jason.
This will make a great book club selection with discussion topics of the meaning of family as well as Harvey’s discovery. I was not able to find a reader’s guide but you book club will have no trouble finding things to discuss.
✰✰✰½
This book review is included in a tour by TLC Book Tours. I was provided a copy for review purposes.
I liked the characters in the story; Wanda — the social worker who pulled some strings to get the placement she thought best served the child, Jason — the uncle turned father who had a rough start but became the father his niece needed, and Harvey — the young girl who tragically lost her parents and grew into a compassionate, successful adult!
In this story Harvey, the adopted daughter of her Uncle Jason, is living in Paris and hosting Jason for the week of Father’s Day. She has put together a gift box of memories which will culminate in the big reveal. Each day Jason removes and unwraps an object symbolic of the events of Harvey’s childhood. They spend quite a bit of time in their memories, and we get to see both Harvey’s perspective and Jason’s perspective. It’s interesting to see how they don’t always have the same perspective, and how Harvey’s perspective has evolved through the years.
While I really enjoyed this book, the only thing that did marr it for me a bit was the ending. I wasn’t surprised by the ending as I had expected it in a way but didn’t see how it could happen. But I was left a little confused about who knew what and when did they know it. And who knows what now? I would have liked to have seen another chapter or two clarifying this, as well as discussing the repercussions of the big reveal to both Harvey and Jason.
This will make a great book club selection with discussion topics of the meaning of family as well as Harvey’s discovery. I was not able to find a reader’s guide but you book club will have no trouble finding things to discuss.
✰✰✰½
This book review is included in a tour by TLC Book Tours. I was provided a copy for review purposes.
I loved the writing, and the characters, and the story. The end was a little too cute for me, probably would have been worse if it were a surprise though.
A lovely simple, simply lovely read. Very believable and engaging characters. Love how Paris and Long Island are the settings. Very well done.
What a beautiful story. Jason and Harvey’s lives could have ended up so incredibly different if they had not have found each other. Harvey is orphaned, Jason is her uncle and together they fit. As clueless as Jason is with raising her he steps up, does the right thing, and makes her have the best life possible. That could have gone so many ways. So many bad ways.
Harvey is wise beyond her few years when she loses her parents. She knows only what she has been told and it hasn’t been all good about Uncle Jason, yet she knows that she needs to be with him. I love how she manipulated as only a child can do the system and Wanda to get put in the custody of Jason. Then I love how Jason stepped up and out of his comfort zone to care for her. I giggled, was concerned, and was beyond thrilled with how they meshed together.
This is a two part story. It bounces back and forth between the past and Harvey’s youth and the present and her life as a young woman in a foreign country. I was impressed with how Harvey turned out and how Jason has such a huge part in that life and her decisions. My only wish was that the different timeframes were better labeled or given their own chapters. It was not overly confusing but there were a few times that it took a few sentences for me to realize Harvey was a young girl instead of a young woman.
Father’s Day is a touching, sweet story that held my attention from the beginning to the end. I definitely recommend picking up your copy today.
Harvey is wise beyond her few years when she loses her parents. She knows only what she has been told and it hasn’t been all good about Uncle Jason, yet she knows that she needs to be with him. I love how she manipulated as only a child can do the system and Wanda to get put in the custody of Jason. Then I love how Jason stepped up and out of his comfort zone to care for her. I giggled, was concerned, and was beyond thrilled with how they meshed together.
This is a two part story. It bounces back and forth between the past and Harvey’s youth and the present and her life as a young woman in a foreign country. I was impressed with how Harvey turned out and how Jason has such a huge part in that life and her decisions. My only wish was that the different timeframes were better labeled or given their own chapters. It was not overly confusing but there were a few times that it took a few sentences for me to realize Harvey was a young girl instead of a young woman.
Father’s Day is a touching, sweet story that held my attention from the beginning to the end. I definitely recommend picking up your copy today.