3.7 AVERAGE

reflective slow-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: N/A

Goal speed run is coming along nicely. Anthologies seem to always have preferable stories, but the three presented here were all equally captivating.
emotional hopeful reflective sad 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

DNF, I just didn't want to pick it up bad enough to finish,
I got to page 41 and was forever distracted
reflective sad slow-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

2.5 Stars...

The premise of this book sounded amazing, but for me, the execution was lacking. The writing felt overly cluttered and hard to follow. Even though it's only 130 or so pages, it took me the better part of a week to get through this, as picking it up felt like a chore. Definitely not one of my favorites this year.
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
emotional sad fast-paced
Loveable characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

I should’ve known. I couldn’t connect to the characters because they were so many of them maybe? It’s a collection of few short stories that overlap. The bridge falls, 5 people die, The priest tries to understand God’s will. Why would these five people die? why them? so he explores each and every story but I couldn’t connect to any of the stories.

A priest, a chance eyewitness to a deadly accident, explores the lives of the five victims, seemingly linked only by the accident in which they died, discovering the mark and memories they left behind.