4.2 AVERAGE


This book was full of so many beautiful things but it should have been shorter.

There is nothing wrong with this book, it's just not my type of book and also I don't remember anything about it.

There are books I'm still capable of reviewing that I read 7+ years ago, but this one...we hit the four week mark and the memory had flown the coop, my dear boy!

It was...very Irish? That's all I got.

Bottom line: Meh!

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pre-review

not quite happiness, for me personally.

review to come / 3 stars

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tbr review

uncertain i could identify it in a lineup

(thanks to the publisher for the copy)

Finished this book and immediately started rereading it. I want to live in these beautiful sentences.
emotional funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

...you could stop at, not all, but most of the moments of your life, stop for one heartbeat and, no matter what the state of your head or heart, say This is happiness, because of the simple truth that you were alive to say it.

Lovely. What Song of Granite should have been.

Melodic for the first two thirds and then it slowed to a snail’s pace. The writing became too self-aware by the end for me.

I would give this book a hundred stars if I could. What an incredibly beautiful book. Do yourself a favor and read this.
emotional funny hopeful reflective sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
hopeful lighthearted reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

It reads like poetry sometimes, and those are my favorite parts. A good coming-of-age story.
emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No