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3.94 AVERAGE
3.94 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
relaxing
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
so everyone knows this quote:
"Once upon a time there was a boy who loved a girl, and her laughter was a question he wanted to spend his whole life answering."
and it's beautiful. so i finally decided to read the book. and yes it was kind of amazing.
WARNING: it is mixed narrative as in different stories but they all link together and it makes sense eventually. so if you find it hard to follow or you get bored then maybe this isn't the book for you. but try it- challenge yourself. you might find you like it. =)
so it's kind of a book within a book because the history of love is a book written by one of the characters so you do get to read a few chapters.
essentially it's a story of love, loss, history and writing.
yes it is a beautiful book and quite short and idk just give it a try. the blurb doesn't tell you much but yeah i liked the different stories and how they linked together and it was really interesting even though there was a lot left unanswered.
but i guess when you read a book, you have to fill in the gaps as a reader. the author has done their job now it's your turn. but i mean THE END WTF. IT JUST... urgh.
it's quite a thought-provoking/reflective book.
Happy Reading =)
p.s i've read her other book Great House and that's also mixed narrative and SO GOOD.
"Once upon a time there was a boy who loved a girl, and her laughter was a question he wanted to spend his whole life answering."
and it's beautiful. so i finally decided to read the book. and yes it was kind of amazing.
WARNING: it is mixed narrative as in different stories but they all link together and it makes sense eventually. so if you find it hard to follow or you get bored then maybe this isn't the book for you. but try it- challenge yourself. you might find you like it. =)
so it's kind of a book within a book because the history of love is a book written by one of the characters so you do get to read a few chapters.
essentially it's a story of love, loss, history and writing.
yes it is a beautiful book and quite short and idk just give it a try. the blurb doesn't tell you much but yeah i liked the different stories and how they linked together and it was really interesting even though there was a lot left unanswered.
but i guess when you read a book, you have to fill in the gaps as a reader. the author has done their job now it's your turn. but i mean THE END WTF. IT JUST... urgh.
it's quite a thought-provoking/reflective book.
Happy Reading =)
p.s i've read her other book Great House and that's also mixed narrative and SO GOOD.
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
challenging
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
medium-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
I’m struggling to rate this. It was beautifully written, the characters cute, but I just couldn’t emotionally invest in the story. It felt longer than it needed to be but the final twenty pages were my favourite, I’d have read a hundred more just like them. 3.5*
The beginning of the this book gave me no indication as to how it would end. Having not read the inside flap, I thought this story was about a lonely old man who happened to be a hoarder, and it was, but it was about so much more...love, life, and how we are all connected. It's a spiritual story with a surprise ending. For the most part I wanted to keep turning the pages to find out what happened next. There were a few chapters where the narrative was quite slow, and it as hard to get past those parts, but the overall tale being told was worth trudging through.
It occurred to me as I neared the end of this book that there are two kinds of puzzle-box books. In one, the characters all know what's going on but refuse to say it out loud (usually due to internalized trauma), so that the reader is puzzled. And when that reader finally finds out the trick of the book after hundreds of pages (that Rosebud was his sled, or Soylent Green is people), their response is to wonder "Why didn't you just say that in the beginning and save everyone a lot of trouble?"
This isn't that kind of book, thank goodness. It's the other kind, where the reader becomes fairly clear about what's going on while the characters still have no idea. That kind can also backfire, so that the reader is left wondering why the heck these characters are all so dumb. Fortunately, that didn't happen here either (or at least not for me). Instead, I was really, really rooting for all the characters to figure it out and wondering what would happen when they did. I'm not sure the ending was quite up to my expectations, but I'm glad I read it, all the same.
This isn't that kind of book, thank goodness. It's the other kind, where the reader becomes fairly clear about what's going on while the characters still have no idea. That kind can also backfire, so that the reader is left wondering why the heck these characters are all so dumb. Fortunately, that didn't happen here either (or at least not for me). Instead, I was really, really rooting for all the characters to figure it out and wondering what would happen when they did. I'm not sure the ending was quite up to my expectations, but I'm glad I read it, all the same.
I found this book to be one of the best books I've read this past year. It had the perfect mix of prose and a riveting story. I don't see the point in writing a synopsis because every other person has already done that. I will say that Krauss did a great job of creating characters who carry hope and love through such dark places without it coming off as cheesy or cliche. There is something very grounded about the love that Leo Gursky has held on to. This book beautifully represents all types of love that we have; family, friends, God and romance.
This book was so, so beautifully written. I loved the story and loved the ending. It wasn't a page-turner per say, but I found myself eagerly anticipating what would happen next. It was difficult to decipher who was telling the story at times, and there was one story line that didn't really fit into the book, but I loved the story. I don't think it's a book everyone would love, but I really enjoyed this.