3.93 AVERAGE


Beautiful. So much to feel, so little to say

Life lived in fragments, yet there is a thread to rely on... Faithful Love does exist, and the Longingness in this novel seems to cut through me.

Clare, Thanks for being so faithfull, even when Henry was loving and leaving at the same time.

Freewill might be a myth, but the heart chooses to long anyway—against time, reason, and fate.

this is why i read. couldn’t put it down for its entirety. crying my eyes out at the last 30 pages. made me feel so many things. just amazing
emotional inspiring medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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adventurous hopeful fast-paced
adventurous emotional slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
emotional medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: N/A
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

- loved the magical realism
- the cage haunted me too
- cried at Henry’s letter and most of the end
- loved Alba, she was a little breath of fresh air when needed in the book
- wish there was more of an explanation of how Clare kept Alba when in the mice the foetuses kept travelling in and out

VA book club
challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

my desert island book
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
adventurous reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes