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hilary_h's review
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Where do I start.
I’m assuming that if you’re reading this review you’ve read all the other books in the series. And if so you will have no trouble deciding whether to read Always or not. But I feel as though I should share my thoughts on this book anyway.
I am so grateful that Morris Gleitzman decided to create this series. No one could have done it as well as him. Everytime I read the next book, I felt more connected to Felix and his story each time. Every book in this series has a special place in my heart but this book, Always, touched me especially because of how as a young black person in a very white country, I could see myself in Wassim. I relate to him in more than a few ways unfortunately.
Without spoiling anything, Gleitzman couldn’t have finished the series more perfectly as this book is like a neat bow. It is infact a messy and rough journey but in the end, a bow none the less, tying everything together, giving us answers to questions that we forgot we had from a few books ago.
So after reading this, if you’ve decided not to read Always, I’m not stopping you, but you’ll never know the sensation of reading this book and finishing the Once series. But if I’ve helped sway you to read Always, get stocking on those tissues, prepare for a tsunami of emotions and enjoy reading the ending of so much hardship and even more joy.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Antisemitism, and Racism
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