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4.12 AVERAGE
4.12 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
sad
tense
medium-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:
Yes
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
I wanted 20 more pages!! (Which is a lot to say for a 640 page book). I will be thinking about this family for a long time.
I enjoyed every minute of this beautiful book. Huge fan of a family saga, and the differing perspectives were done so well - everyone had a distinct voice and cadence and the ENDING I can’t say enough good things. I’ve thought about it regularly since I finished it. I even picked it back up and read the first page and it tells you what’s going to happen at the end this book is BRILLIANT if you don’t love it we are not the same
One of the best books I’ve ever read. So perfectly crafted as it navigates the intricacies of the Barnes’ family members’ lives. With themes of loss, internalised homophobia, family, hope, and friendship, Murray writes a fantastically compelling, hilarious, and troubling novel. I have never read anticipation in such a fulfilling way.
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
This is a metaphorical climate change tale about living subject to the will of others and the momentum of life.
Why would you change anything when the future carries you forward like a railway track? How would you change anything when others have autonomous wills and often direct them at you? Where would you start making change when we’re all so different—rich and poor, beautiful and brainy, passionate and neat, dreamy and pragmatic, queer and straight? We are all alive in this time when the human race decides whether or not it will come to an end due to climate change. Can we become a community of difference to face a challenge that doesn’t care about our differences?
This story told through the perspectives of a father, mother, son, and daughter in a small town Irish family weaves these questions into a tale where ever-increasing family dysfunction serves as a stand-in for the chaos climate change is bringing and will bring. Five stars!
Why would you change anything when the future carries you forward like a railway track? How would you change anything when others have autonomous wills and often direct them at you? Where would you start making change when we’re all so different—rich and poor, beautiful and brainy, passionate and neat, dreamy and pragmatic, queer and straight? We are all alive in this time when the human race decides whether or not it will come to an end due to climate change. Can we become a community of difference to face a challenge that doesn’t care about our differences?
This story told through the perspectives of a father, mother, son, and daughter in a small town Irish family weaves these questions into a tale where ever-increasing family dysfunction serves as a stand-in for the chaos climate change is bringing and will bring. Five stars!
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
challenging
dark
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated