Reviews - El hombre de hojalata

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(4.5)
When Sarah Winman's Tin Man begins the tragedy of Ellis Judd's life has already ended. He is a 45-year-old man who works the night shift at a car plant near Oxford, England. He lives alone with a life of monotonous routine and works nights because he can't sleep. Can't sleep because he's left with nothing but memories of his wife, Annie, and his dearest friend, Michael, both of whom died in a car accident five years ago. In one fell swoop the two people he loved most, gone. From that point on, his life was split into before and after and after meant basic survival, nothing more. Until he finds a box of Michael's belongings in his father's attic and suddenly, the past becomes the only way forward.

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piddlepiddle's review against another edition

3.0

I think this was simultaneously too short and too long? Idk

mon_'s review against another edition

4.25

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

rebeccalm's review against another edition

4.0

This story really tugs at the heart and is so very, very sad. It explores a lot of different raw emotions around love and loss and regret and friendship. The story is told in beautiful snippets of memory from the two different perspectives of Ellis and Michael, and the characters are just absolutely beautiful. The writing was vivid and beautiful and the characters were very well formed and felt fully human. I did find it hard to keep up with all the jumping around, as it is a non-linear narrative, and I felt like that could have been better executed. But a really solid read overall.

ificouldreadallday's review against another edition

4.0

emotional reflective sad

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

epic_penguin17's review against another edition

4.0

Um.... yeah this book was pretty good. I mean I'm always pretty skeptical of gay books written by women and this is one of these books and yeah it did feel a bit fetishy at times, but I do understand that sex is important in a gay relationship and blah blah blah there was just a ton of it and I was honestly shocked. But it did make me feel very sad and kind of weird. It was confusing in the way that the book intended it to be. It truly was almost about love and I liked the two different viewpoints and it added a lot for me. I do recommend, it was sad and it really held your attention, so you could read it quickly.