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4.07 AVERAGE
4.07 AVERAGE
3.5 stars. Sweet, simple read. Sort of a hallmark movie, but British and gay and age 65.
this wholesome story details the life of Albert Entwistle, a lonely postman who has spent the past fifty years hiding from his past. a past where he had found the love of his life; George.
this was such a beautiful read. it nearly made me cry (ME, who has NEVER cried at a book!!!)
the contrasting POVs between Albert and Nicole were wonderfully woven together to form what was a moving and emotional read about building a strong support network that allows you to feel comfortable in revealing your true self.
trigger warnings include: racism & homophobia
this was such a beautiful read. it nearly made me cry (ME, who has NEVER cried at a book!!!)
the contrasting POVs between Albert and Nicole were wonderfully woven together to form what was a moving and emotional read about building a strong support network that allows you to feel comfortable in revealing your true self.
trigger warnings include: racism & homophobia
Albert Entwistle lives a quiet, private little life, safe in his comfortable routine – going to work, delivering the mail along his postal route, saying hello to the people of his small English town (in a way that is polite but does not invite conversation), and going home to his cat Gracie. But when he’s forced into retirement, he finds himself at loose ends, and thinking more and more about the man he loved and lost when he was younger.
Albert is painfully shy, partly due to social anxiety, but also because he was raised having to suppress his true self (and maybe just a little because he’s extremely British and reserved.) Albert was closeted and his father was extremely homophobic (along with his classmates, and the rest of 1970s society in general) and he’s still dealing with the effects of that trauma more than 50 years later, afraid to even think about his sexuality and his lost love, let alone tell anyone about it. But when he decides to make a change in his life, he finds the strength to overcome his fear and open up to people, and it’s lovely to see. Nearly everyone meets his tentative, frightened attempts to socialize and live his truth with love and open arms. His friendship with Nicole, a young single mom along his route, is especially touching, and meaningful to them both. I love a good intergenerational friendship, and Albert and Nicole care so much about each other and truly have each other’s backs. It’s adorable.
I really enjoyed this book! I am including a lot of content warnings at the end of the review, because horrible things happened to Albert in his youth, and other horrible things are said in passing (not toward any of our major characters, but just generally stated bigotry) but I don’t want them to scare anyone off because overall, I found it to be a very uplifting read.
Representation: Lots of LGBTQ+ characters, gay main character, main character with anxiety, black major characters, trans minor character, drag queen character
CW: homophobia, child abuse, pet death, expression of racist, sexist, and homophobic views, mild fatphobia
I received an advance copy of this ebook from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
Albert is painfully shy, partly due to social anxiety, but also because he was raised having to suppress his true self (and maybe just a little because he’s extremely British and reserved.) Albert was closeted and his father was extremely homophobic (along with his classmates, and the rest of 1970s society in general) and he’s still dealing with the effects of that trauma more than 50 years later, afraid to even think about his sexuality and his lost love, let alone tell anyone about it. But when he decides to make a change in his life, he finds the strength to overcome his fear and open up to people, and it’s lovely to see. Nearly everyone meets his tentative, frightened attempts to socialize and live his truth with love and open arms. His friendship with Nicole, a young single mom along his route, is especially touching, and meaningful to them both. I love a good intergenerational friendship, and Albert and Nicole care so much about each other and truly have each other’s backs. It’s adorable.
I really enjoyed this book! I am including a lot of content warnings at the end of the review, because horrible things happened to Albert in his youth, and other horrible things are said in passing (not toward any of our major characters, but just generally stated bigotry) but I don’t want them to scare anyone off because overall, I found it to be a very uplifting read.
Representation: Lots of LGBTQ+ characters, gay main character, main character with anxiety, black major characters, trans minor character, drag queen character
CW: homophobia, child abuse, pet death, expression of racist, sexist, and homophobic views, mild fatphobia
I received an advance copy of this ebook from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
4 solid stars! Albert is a lonely closeted man being forced into retirement at 65 which prompts him to come out of his shell to find his teenage love, George. The predictability of the plot was made up for by a lovable and endearing main character. I haven’t liked an old man character this much since Ove
A sweet and heart warming story about finding oneself and community. In my opinion, this was very similar to “A Man Called Ove.”
Enjoyable enough, but it felt surface level. It is exactly what a reader would expect. I did love Albert, though.
I thought this was going to be a five-star read for sure. However, I quickly grew tired of Albert's thoughts - they were very spelt out and really unnecessary for the reader.