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4.03 AVERAGE
4.03 AVERAGE
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
A quick, honest and unrelentingly romantic novel about loving people, reveling in the beautiful bits of the world and being thankful for the present moment. This book is unassuming, concise and terribly enjoyable despite its more depressing themes. Highly recommend for the reader who needs to be picked out of a slump
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A beautiful story about love, friendship, change and becoming sometimes what you wanted to be, sometimes what you feared.
It's tender, exuberant, sad... beautiful. A simple story but, nonetheless, very powerful. And written splendidly; I fell in love with the author's prose and I will go searching for more books by her.
It's tender, exuberant, sad... beautiful. A simple story but, nonetheless, very powerful. And written splendidly; I fell in love with the author's prose and I will go searching for more books by her.
Це дійсно меланхолійна тиха історія. Про життя, про кохання і смуток. Про примирення з собою.
Мені шкода, що Енні так і не дали голосу. Вона також була закохана чи любила Майкла? Хто знає... Було б цікаво послухати і її.
Втім, історія не про неї. Історія про Елліса, про те, як він переживав горе і як усвідомлював себе.
Це тиха спокійна історія, яка охоплює років двадцять, а може і більше. Хоча навряд чи. В якийсь момент для Елліса життя зупинилось.
Вже в інший він навчився відпускати та усвідомлювати свій смуток, навчився жити. Хоча б трішки. Хоча б усвідомив, що хоче жити, а не просто... існувати. І тоді він дізнався, що його оточували насправді гарні добрі люди
Мені шкода, що Енні так і не дали голосу. Вона також була закохана чи любила Майкла? Хто знає... Було б цікаво послухати і її.
Втім, історія не про неї. Історія про Елліса, про те, як він переживав горе і як усвідомлював себе.
Це тиха спокійна історія, яка охоплює років двадцять, а може і більше. Хоча навряд чи. В якийсь момент для Елліса життя зупинилось.
Вже в інший він навчився відпускати та усвідомлювати свій смуток, навчився жити. Хоча б трішки. Хоча б усвідомив, що хоче жити, а не просто... існувати. І тоді він дізнався, що його оточували насправді гарні добрі люди
emotional
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This book was a punch in the heart.
This book gripped you with the prologue and didn't stop. You are devistated by the lives of both Eillis and Michael. The lonliness that Ellis feels now that he is alone in the world is mirrored beautifully by the lonliness that Michael the years leading up to his death as he dealt with not only seeing a partner die of AIDS, but also facing the reality of his own diagnosis.
The book left me wanting more in best way possible.
This book gripped you with the prologue and didn't stop. You are devistated by the lives of both Eillis and Michael. The lonliness that Ellis feels now that he is alone in the world is mirrored beautifully by the lonliness that Michael the years leading up to his death as he dealt with not only seeing a partner die of AIDS, but also facing the reality of his own diagnosis.
The book left me wanting more in best way possible.
emotional
reflective
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Loveable characters:
Yes
emotional
hopeful
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:
No
no plot, unengaging, and didn't care about any of the characters or what happened beyond feeling vaguely bad for the main character
The writing was beautiful, but the story just kind of amounted to nothing. I thought I knew what this book was going to be about. The minute I realized , I lost interest. I wanted a certain kind of story, and instead I got something else. Maybe that's on me - maybe my expectations ruined the final product for me.
On another note, I'll never understand why books feel the need to be artsy in their presentation without good reason. Why no quotation marks, and minimal punctuation? It just makes it harder to read. The minimalist effect shouldn't be there just for funsies. This is a huge pet peeve of mine, so that may also have hindered my enjoyment.
Still, the prose were great, and the relationships felt real. The tragedy hit home for me, so I can't say this was a bad novel by any means.
Spoiler
Michael was deadOn another note, I'll never understand why books feel the need to be artsy in their presentation without good reason. Why no quotation marks, and minimal punctuation? It just makes it harder to read. The minimalist effect shouldn't be there just for funsies. This is a huge pet peeve of mine, so that may also have hindered my enjoyment.
Still, the prose were great, and the relationships felt real. The tragedy hit home for me, so I can't say this was a bad novel by any means.