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4.03 AVERAGE
4.03 AVERAGE
Tin man
A story that pulls you to reveal love and its power, manhood and leave you through endless stream of grief.
Tin man is coming of age story following Ellis and Michael’s relationship from boyhood to manhood. About their shared love of art, finding meaning beating true beauty and cherishing one another painfully through in 60s .
Ellis and Michael’s relationship, begins when Michael first met at Ellis’s house. And Dora ( Ellis’s Mother) welcomed him with great passion, realizing that he’s interested in something where his heart belongs. Ellis adores watching her mother and Michael, finding comfort when they are together. But because of Ellis’s patriarch household, their relationship didn’t bloomed in a right way which needs to be.
Soon the trajectory of their fondness & intimacy deepens when they travelled through Europe, in their 20s and loving every second being together. Until their abrupt connection disrupted after coming back to London.
Michael’s pov chapters are much heavier as compared to Ellis’s, they make you feel with his longing of Ellis, until it makes you secretly ache when he realized that Ellis got married.
But as a true friend, he didn’t feel resentful against him because he wants him to experience joy which he can’t experience himself. But quite unexpectedly, he loved Annie and her company. Where being partying and spending time feels good to experience among the trio they created.
When Michael realizes that he’s the odd one out that sticking together in a married couple. Leaving them suddenly and feeling all the loneliness that evades him completely.
I love, love, love this book and can we just take a second to appreciate that this cover is the one of the most beautiful and soul capturing covers ever. I laugh, cried and feel all those emotions in a day while completing this exquisite book. The writing is sooo gorgeous and I was glued from start to finish. Thank you to my dear friend Ana whose book recs are straight dopamine to my brain. I am in awwww of this beauty
A story that pulls you to reveal love and its power, manhood and leave you through endless stream of grief.
Tin man is coming of age story following Ellis and Michael’s relationship from boyhood to manhood. About their shared love of art, finding meaning beating true beauty and cherishing one another painfully through in 60s .
Ellis and Michael’s relationship, begins when Michael first met at Ellis’s house. And Dora ( Ellis’s Mother) welcomed him with great passion, realizing that he’s interested in something where his heart belongs. Ellis adores watching her mother and Michael, finding comfort when they are together. But because of Ellis’s patriarch household, their relationship didn’t bloomed in a right way which needs to be.
Soon the trajectory of their fondness & intimacy deepens when they travelled through Europe, in their 20s and loving every second being together. Until their abrupt connection disrupted after coming back to London.
Michael’s pov chapters are much heavier as compared to Ellis’s, they make you feel with his longing of Ellis, until it makes you secretly ache when he realized that Ellis got married.
But as a true friend, he didn’t feel resentful against him because he wants him to experience joy which he can’t experience himself. But quite unexpectedly, he loved Annie and her company. Where being partying and spending time feels good to experience among the trio they created.
When Michael realizes that he’s the odd one out that sticking together in a married couple. Leaving them suddenly and feeling all the loneliness that evades him completely.
I love, love, love this book and can we just take a second to appreciate that this cover is the one of the most beautiful and soul capturing covers ever. I laugh, cried and feel all those emotions in a day while completing this exquisite book. The writing is sooo gorgeous and I was glued from start to finish. Thank you to my dear friend Ana whose book recs are straight dopamine to my brain. I am in awwww of this beauty
emotional
reflective
sad
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:
Complicated
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
slow-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
I sooooo wanted to love this book.
It was different. Had a new approach to some sensitive subjects. But every pro had a con. It all equaled each other out. I’m left with ok.
The writing was at times breathtakingly beautiful.
Other times it was boringly choppy.
I loved that the characters had both good qualities and flaws. No one was perfect.
They sometimes just felt flat and uninspiring.
There was nothing wrong really, but it failed to grab me the way it seems to grab everyone else. It’s a perfectly good novel, but not everything is worth waxing poetics about. And I sadly don’t think this was worth that much.
It’s a nice story, but to me it was just that. Nice.
It was different. Had a new approach to some sensitive subjects. But every pro had a con. It all equaled each other out. I’m left with ok.
The writing was at times breathtakingly beautiful.
Other times it was boringly choppy.
I loved that the characters had both good qualities and flaws. No one was perfect.
They sometimes just felt flat and uninspiring.
There was nothing wrong really, but it failed to grab me the way it seems to grab everyone else. It’s a perfectly good novel, but not everything is worth waxing poetics about. And I sadly don’t think this was worth that much.
It’s a nice story, but to me it was just that. Nice.
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
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.
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
"Men and boys are capable of beautiful things"
You know those books that paint a picture so vivid it's like you are looking at a painting rather than reading a book. This is exactly what Tin Man does, it paints a picture of the beautiful people, of the wonderful places, and the picture of two boys, Ellis and Michael who grew up together, grew close to one another and fell in love as simple as that...or is it?
Tin Man simultaneously warmed my heart and broke it, and "in my chest, the sound of an exhausted swallow falling gently to earth". Every character was so strong and every relationship seemed to be like some priceless treasure. I loved loved loved Michael's relationship with Dora and Michael's relationship with Annie; and I LOVED Annie, I adored their friendship which is unlike anything I have read in any book before, their love so deep and pure for each other.
“There's something about first love, isn't there? she said. It's untouchable to those who played no part in it. But it's the measure of all that follows.”
Some lines were so touching, not necessarily sad, that they made me cry.
“We love who we love, don’t we?”
I feel like this book is underrated. It's a small book but packed with loads of emotions and oh so beautiful characters, relationships and writing.
*SPOILERS*
This book makes me wonder "what if..."
Like, what if Ellis had the courage to stay back in France with Michael?
What if Ellis for once confessed his feelings for Michael?
What if Michael's mother never ran away?
What if Dora had never met Michael?
You know those books that paint a picture so vivid it's like you are looking at a painting rather than reading a book. This is exactly what Tin Man does, it paints a picture of the beautiful people, of the wonderful places, and the picture of two boys, Ellis and Michael who grew up together, grew close to one another and fell in love as simple as that...or is it?
Tin Man simultaneously warmed my heart and broke it, and "in my chest, the sound of an exhausted swallow falling gently to earth". Every character was so strong and every relationship seemed to be like some priceless treasure. I loved loved loved Michael's relationship with Dora and Michael's relationship with Annie; and I LOVED Annie, I adored their friendship which is unlike anything I have read in any book before, their love so deep and pure for each other.
“There's something about first love, isn't there? she said. It's untouchable to those who played no part in it. But it's the measure of all that follows.”
Some lines were so touching, not necessarily sad, that they made me cry.
“We love who we love, don’t we?”
I feel like this book is underrated. It's a small book but packed with loads of emotions and oh so beautiful characters, relationships and writing.
*SPOILERS*
This book makes me wonder "what if..."
Like, what if Ellis had the courage to stay back in France with Michael?
What if Ellis for once confessed his feelings for Michael?
What if Michael's mother never ran away?
What if Dora had never met Michael?
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No