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3.99 AVERAGE
3.99 AVERAGE
If you haven't read the duo of Harold Fry/Queenie Hennessey books,please make them next on your list. You will find heart, humanity and the brilliance of love. My heart increased a size or two by the end. Thank you Rachel Joyce for bringing these lovely characters to life. I'm so glad to have known them!
emotional
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I really liked "The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry," and this book is the parallel story about the woman Harold was walking to see. It's a very interesting story, but sometimes the way it's told got a little bogged down for me. I did enjoy it a lot... just not as much as the Harold Fry story (which I gave 5 stars).
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Utterly moving, warmly thought provoking and lovingly written. The end reads like a comforting embrace. This may not be a true story, but it is full of truth. Thank you Rachel Joyce, for the reminder; here I am...
emotional
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
adventurous
emotional
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Cancer, Child death, Sexism, Suicide, Grief, Alcohol
Minor: Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Violence, Injury/Injury detail
I really enjoyed “The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry” so expected to like this as well. It was such a melancholy book that I had to keep breaking it up with others. I was so hoping for a payoff at the end but I didn’t feel that I got one worthy of the work it took to get to the there.
This is a very interesting book – kind of a lighthearted, heartwarming book that talks about guilt and suicide. I’ve never read a book quite like it before and I really liked it. I liked the first book in the series quite a bit, but this one is even better even though it is also harder.
I bought this as a companion to The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry. I wish I hadn't. Where I couldn't put down the Fry book, I could hardly force myself through this one. My image of Queenie was altered for the worse - I found her pathetic and unwilling to change. I'm so glad that Harold wasn't aware of her true feelings and motivations. While the book brought many hanging threads together, they didn't tie up the way I thought they would. All in all a disappointment.