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3.84 AVERAGE
3.84 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
slow-paced
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Death, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Death of parent
This is one of the only books that I've had to put down multiple times because it felt like my heart was breaking.
I honestly don't know what to say. The grief upon grief upon grief is overwhelming and her descriptions of her her sons, her husband and her parents just so compellingly normal and simple and all the more raw and shatteringly horrendous as she struggles to comprehend a life, a world without them.
The most poignant to me was how she goes home and everything is just as it was, except - of course - she is alone, and there is no chance they will ever BE there again - the never, never of it all. It just isn't fair, which sounds blase, but the base unfairness of it just gets me right in the belly. Like a punch.
The wave destroyed everything, and I cannot imagine the devastation. Even through Sonali's words, it is too much for any human being to understand or fathom.
I honestly don't know what to say. The grief upon grief upon grief is overwhelming and her descriptions of her her sons, her husband and her parents just so compellingly normal and simple and all the more raw and shatteringly horrendous as she struggles to comprehend a life, a world without them.
The most poignant to me was how she goes home and everything is just as it was, except - of course - she is alone, and there is no chance they will ever BE there again - the never, never of it all. It just isn't fair, which sounds blase, but the base unfairness of it just gets me right in the belly. Like a punch.
The wave destroyed everything, and I cannot imagine the devastation. Even through Sonali's words, it is too much for any human being to understand or fathom.
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
fast-paced
reflective
sad
fast-paced
dark
emotional
sad
medium-paced
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
the willingness to share the really dark thoughts from right after the wave… holy shit
dark
emotional
sad
medium-paced
Was bracing for impact but found myself actually rather bored, and then I felt guilty.
challenging
emotional
inspiring
reflective
sad
slow-paced
emotional
sad
medium-paced