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Lanny by Max Porter

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dark emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

Lanny is a beautiful book that's equal parts dark folktale and character study. Lanny and the adults in his life all figure heavily in this novel. Lanny's mother and his art mentor, Pete, nurture and encourage Lanny's unique creativity. Lanny's father loves him but doesn't know how to nurture his son. Dead Papa Toothwort, a mythological character that is the mischievous soul of the village, recognizes Lanny's quiet brilliance. The village, as heard by Toothwort, is also a character in itself vis a vis overheard snippets of gossip. These snippets are interwoven throughout the novel until it becomes clear that they represent the ways that outsiders can taint beauty with their presumptions.

Overall, this book is difficult to describe beyond just a list of words/vibes so that's how I'll leave it.

Lanny is
enchanting
empathetic
heartbreaking
triumphant
& artful.
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