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3.87 AVERAGE
3.87 AVERAGE
dark
funny
mysterious
fast-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
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Damn. Hope really is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul. This was a beautiful and fucking sad take on grief and losing a loved one. Gonna go hug Julius now
emotional
reflective
sad
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Loveable characters:
Yes
Really liked some of the commentary on grief. Weird book, but in a good way
challenging
dark
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Took some time for the book to settle in my mind & for me to really understand what my takeaways were. Wonderful book.
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
WEIRD and COSY – I was following along just fine, until suddenly I wasn’t, only to regain understanding again moments later. The rhythm of the narration keeps you on edge in such an unusual yet engrossing way. After finishing, I find myself thinking that maybe this was on purpose? to demonstrate how the space between time and the living and the dead is unexplainable
The use of “you” to address the reader, linking it to memories, made me feel an intimacy I haven’t experienced with a book in a long time. It was as if the book was speaking directly to me. “The space between me and me is you” that line struck me deeply and “You would say, if I was a fairy, this is where I’d live.”
The novel had moments that left me gasping, and although it was marketed as a zombie story, I wouldn’t call it that. It’s more about the search for meaning, about revisiting the places of memory, trying to feel something again. It’s a reminder of how profound our interactions can be, even after death.
“I compile a picture of the old woman I will never be. I know everything about her.”
That line, “What is hunger without grief?” – so simple, yet so beautiful. It’s one of the many philosophical moments in the book. The storytelling stays with you long after you turn the last page. What happens in the shack, and especially all things around the crow, will stay with me forever.
“What are you doing on the roof with all our furniture?”
“Building a time machine.”
“Sometimes I think grief is a time machine…”
“Is that what the crow told you?”
“I am the only ticket holder at a suicide theme park.”
“What is unbearable is already too much. How could there be more?” It captures the crushing weight of grief in a way I can’t quite describe.
The use of “you” to address the reader, linking it to memories, made me feel an intimacy I haven’t experienced with a book in a long time. It was as if the book was speaking directly to me. “The space between me and me is you” that line struck me deeply and “You would say, if I was a fairy, this is where I’d live.”
The novel had moments that left me gasping, and although it was marketed as a zombie story, I wouldn’t call it that. It’s more about the search for meaning, about revisiting the places of memory, trying to feel something again. It’s a reminder of how profound our interactions can be, even after death.
“I compile a picture of the old woman I will never be. I know everything about her.”
That line, “What is hunger without grief?” – so simple, yet so beautiful. It’s one of the many philosophical moments in the book. The storytelling stays with you long after you turn the last page. What happens in the shack, and especially all things around the crow, will stay with me forever.
“What are you doing on the roof with all our furniture?”
“Building a time machine.”
“Sometimes I think grief is a time machine…”
“Is that what the crow told you?”
“I am the only ticket holder at a suicide theme park.”
“What is unbearable is already too much. How could there be more?” It captures the crushing weight of grief in a way I can’t quite describe.