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4.03 AVERAGE
4.03 AVERAGE
How did I manage to read my new favourite book of 2024 on January 1st??
3.5, possibly nearing 4, I'm obviously undecided.
This is a love story. Love in every form, in all seasons, between all people, shifting and changing, yet consistent and true. Michael loves Ellis. Ellis loves Michael, even openly for a time. Anne marries Ellis. She loves them both. Mabel and Dora love both the boys. Michael "loves" many boys.
For such a short read/listen, this was truly beautiful; complicated in the subject matter yet simple and concise in the telling.
This is a love story. Love in every form, in all seasons, between all people, shifting and changing, yet consistent and true. Michael loves Ellis. Ellis loves Michael, even openly for a time. Anne marries Ellis. She loves them both. Mabel and Dora love both the boys. Michael "loves" many boys.
For such a short read/listen, this was truly beautiful; complicated in the subject matter yet simple and concise in the telling.
Esta es una historia sobre el primer amor, sobre la amistad, sobre la soledad, el arte...
'El hombre de hojalata' va saltando en la vida de dos personajes, Ellis y Michael, desde su infancia en los años 60 en Oxford hasta 1996. Según avanza esta historia tan intimista y delicada vas desentrañando el misterio que los une, y las razones por las que Ellis lleva una vida tan solitaria y monótona en el presente.
Me ha parecido un libro extremadamente melancólico y triste, pero al mismo tiempo está cargado de luz, y los pocos personajes que aparecen en él están descritos de una manera que terminas de leer conociéndolos como si fueran de carne y hueso.
Muy recomendado si os gustan las historias pequeñas que hablan de cosas importantes.
'El hombre de hojalata' va saltando en la vida de dos personajes, Ellis y Michael, desde su infancia en los años 60 en Oxford hasta 1996. Según avanza esta historia tan intimista y delicada vas desentrañando el misterio que los une, y las razones por las que Ellis lleva una vida tan solitaria y monótona en el presente.
Me ha parecido un libro extremadamente melancólico y triste, pero al mismo tiempo está cargado de luz, y los pocos personajes que aparecen en él están descritos de una manera que terminas de leer conociéndolos como si fueran de carne y hueso.
Muy recomendado si os gustan las historias pequeñas que hablan de cosas importantes.
This book is so gorgeous! It broke my heart a 100 times but also glued it back together again.
Third time this year that I've given an author another chance and ended up LOVING it.
[b:Tin Man|31117613|Tin Man|Sarah Winman|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1501294932s/31117613.jpg|51724023] follows the friendship between Ellis and Michael from when they first meet at 12 years of age. It is about a somewhat unrequited love story, it's about grief, hope, relationships, loneliness, loss and a tonne of other things.
I found it absolutely beautiful, profoundly moving and heart warming. I cried a lot. I'm an easy cryer in general, except when I'm reading. But this one cut straight through my stone cold reading heart.
Third time this year that I've given an author another chance and ended up LOVING it.
[b:Tin Man|31117613|Tin Man|Sarah Winman|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1501294932s/31117613.jpg|51724023] follows the friendship between Ellis and Michael from when they first meet at 12 years of age. It is about a somewhat unrequited love story, it's about grief, hope, relationships, loneliness, loss and a tonne of other things.
I found it absolutely beautiful, profoundly moving and heart warming. I cried a lot. I'm an easy cryer in general, except when I'm reading. But this one cut straight through my stone cold reading heart.
This wasn't long, but the tale told within is touching.
DNF the audiobook at 25%. I may try the ebook later on but for now, I hated the narrator’s voice so much I couldn’t listen to more of it.
I saw another review that described this book as being about love in all its forms, and that just about sums it up. There are two main characters who are long term friends (and once were something more) and the book checks in with them at various time points. It's a short novel with sparse prose where most of what we learn about the characters is told through tiny vignettes. It falls into the "not sorry I read it but wasn't sad when it ended" category.
Heartbreaking. Absolutely heartbreaking. I found myself near or in tears more often than I’d expected. Gorgeous prose. Beautiful metaphorical arcs. Just devastating. And an absolute must-read.