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mardal's review against another edition
3.0
premise:
A story of trying to continue from experiencing deep lost. This is not a quick heal and others generally don't accept how you've chosen to continue, but, you just gotta do what you gotta do to continue.
spoilers/personal reaction:
It's a nice change to just read for the feeling and not to deduce. While there was an attempt to have a bit of dramatic ending, I enjoyed it the same with or without it. It swapped between two perspectives, Masha and Alice, with Masha being the main focus. It was pretty obvious I found that Alice had something to do with Masha's lost child, but the oblivion for adding the character didn't affect the quality of writing. Masha lost her child while he was still basically a baby and a decade later she still hasn't really recovered. Her process is to go to the graveyard and swim (because her son drowned). Again, it's her process. Not everybody is going to get it but along the way she meets people and these people help to start again. In the end, she healed through these new friends she made. The shock ending is that Alice similarly lost her child. She knew he died. While she was laying down by the water a baby appear on the shore. She knew it wasn't her child but she took him and raised it as her own. She lives a recluse of a life so she was never found and they assumed Masha's baby had died. Now Alice is sick and is going to die soon so he is released. Masha finally has found a significant level of healing and in a bittersweet twist, she is getting her baby that she lost back.
A story of trying to continue from experiencing deep lost. This is not a quick heal and others generally don't accept how you've chosen to continue, but, you just gotta do what you gotta do to continue.
Spoiler
spoilers/personal reaction:
It's a nice change to just read for the feeling and not to deduce. While there was an attempt to have a bit of dramatic ending, I enjoyed it the same with or without it. It swapped between two perspectives, Masha and Alice, with Masha being the main focus. It was pretty obvious I found that Alice had something to do with Masha's lost child, but the oblivion for adding the character didn't affect the quality of writing. Masha lost her child while he was still basically a baby and a decade later she still hasn't really recovered. Her process is to go to the graveyard and swim (because her son drowned). Again, it's her process. Not everybody is going to get it but along the way she meets people and these people help to start again. In the end, she healed through these new friends she made. The shock ending is that Alice similarly lost her child. She knew he died. While she was laying down by the water a baby appear on the shore. She knew it wasn't her child but she took him and raised it as her own. She lives a recluse of a life so she was never found and they assumed Masha's baby had died. Now Alice is sick and is going to die soon so he is released. Masha finally has found a significant level of healing and in a bittersweet twist, she is getting her baby that she lost back.
rhodaj's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
kenny8ba's review against another edition
3.0
Hhmmmm overly descriptive simple story about the main character Masha, the first half is very confusing, I had no idea which character I was reading about as it switches so often. The lives of many people are in detail that is not necessary. Sally an eccentric character who (confusingly) turns out to be called Phoebe has a minute part to play considering she seems like a main influence in Mashas life. Not the best book I have read..... Predictable and abrupt ending.
cookewitch's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
3.5
Good read, didn't enjoy it as much as The Keeper of Lost Things. Still funny and heartwarming but with a hint of depression.
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silver_lass48's review against another edition
5.0
In "The Wisdom of Sally Red Shoes", Ruth Hogan writes about grief, loss and mourning so honestly and so beautifully. I'm a Funeral Celebrant and am often looking for quotes to help bring some level of comfort & hope to families who lost loved ones. "When the music ends for someone you love, you don't stop dancing. You dance for them as well." Thank you Ruth Hogan for those beautiful words. They will bring hope & comfort to those who have been stilled by grief & sorrow.
mariakm's review against another edition
4.0
pretty good. think i would have enjoyed it more if I hadnt just read the keeper of lost things... similar style i both and same audibke reader (i think). However a good story, well told and i didnt see the end coming until a couple of chapters before. feek good book
acinthedc's review against another edition
3.0
The story centers on Masha who is actively grieving the loss of her son 12 years after his death, and over the course of the book she finds ways to loosen her hold on her grief and begin to live again. Sadly, this story doesn't quite live up to the description on the jacket. "Sally Red Shoes" does not become a fully fleshed out character until late in the book and the "fateful day" alluded to in the blurb is more of a footnote rather than an actual plot point. Overall 2.5 out 5