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4.08 AVERAGE
4.08 AVERAGE
While I was reading this I would pause and think “wtf is with all this literary bloviation about this book, it’s nice but life changing?!?” But the layers build up and by the end you realize how quietly devastating and beautiful the book is.
As the book ends all of these banal, sometimes redundant or problematic memories fit together like pieces in a puzzle addressing the ultimate fear that people have - conscious or not - as we live our lives: Are the decisions I’m making now going to prevent me from living my best life? Is my life going to mean anything? What will I leave behind when I’m gone?
As the book ends all of these banal, sometimes redundant or problematic memories fit together like pieces in a puzzle addressing the ultimate fear that people have - conscious or not - as we live our lives: Are the decisions I’m making now going to prevent me from living my best life? Is my life going to mean anything? What will I leave behind when I’m gone?
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
funny
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
slow-paced
slow-paced
reflective
slow-paced
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
4⭐
Read this for a book club.
A story about 'what could have been' and how if you devote yourself so thoroughly to one thing, you can be blinded.
Going through the story, you see the mistakes and the 'turning a blind eye' and it seems so obvious but I think we can all fall into this trap. The story felt like a good reminder to keep yourself open to new opportunities, different points or view, and to not see yourself as "ordinary" when we can all be more than that.
The ending felt very inspiring. Shout out the old man at the pier for talking some sense into Stevens about not looking at the past and to continue to look forward. We can learn from the past but we shouldn't dwell on it.
Read this for a book club.
A story about 'what could have been' and how if you devote yourself so thoroughly to one thing, you can be blinded.
Going through the story, you see the mistakes and the 'turning a blind eye' and it seems so obvious but I think we can all fall into this trap. The story felt like a good reminder to keep yourself open to new opportunities, different points or view, and to not see yourself as "ordinary" when we can all be more than that.
The ending felt very inspiring. Shout out the old man at the pier for talking some sense into Stevens about not looking at the past and to continue to look forward. We can learn from the past but we shouldn't dwell on it.