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The Sea Is Salt and So Am I by Cassandra Hartt
4.0
I went into this after a first look that I already adored. I anticipated falling in love with the prose and sitting in the storyline even before I opened the physical book. I didn’t quite understand just how much feeling this book would evoke from me. Love is not really the right word because the magnanimity of that one word just doesn’t fit.
The book follows Harlow and Ellis two ride or die life long best friends and Ellis’s twin brother Tommy who’s connection and relationship with Harlow couldn’t be more polar in its existence. The character growth and relationship building in the book truly draws you in making it easy to relate with these characters regardless of their age in comparison to your own. I loved the dynamic between Harlow and Ellis and loved the window into that BFF bond they had. I also loved the clear disdain that Harlow and Tommy had for one another in the beginning. A disdain brought on by lack of understanding and maybe even just a little bit of who Harlow connected to first.
The raw emotion and in depth description of depression throughout the book brought me chest pains. This is the only thing that put it at 4 stars for me, because I feel it wouldn’t be hard to read again but I still loved the book.
If you can put aside the real and raw emotions in this book and you aren’t effected mentally by depression and suicidal ideation this book will be one that has you thinking for days after putting it down.
Hartt leaves a lot of things in this book up to interpretation. Leaving you wondering, what happen though? Not giving an exact destination or precise ending to many things was perfect for this book. Though I will admit certain things I just want the answer already, I think.
This book will leave an impression upon you that will linger and have you looking over to its space on the shelf with wonder.
The book follows Harlow and Ellis two ride or die life long best friends and Ellis’s twin brother Tommy who’s connection and relationship with Harlow couldn’t be more polar in its existence. The character growth and relationship building in the book truly draws you in making it easy to relate with these characters regardless of their age in comparison to your own. I loved the dynamic between Harlow and Ellis and loved the window into that BFF bond they had. I also loved the clear disdain that Harlow and Tommy had for one another in the beginning. A disdain brought on by lack of understanding and maybe even just a little bit of who Harlow connected to first.
The raw emotion and in depth description of depression throughout the book brought me chest pains. This is the only thing that put it at 4 stars for me, because I feel it wouldn’t be hard to read again but I still loved the book.
If you can put aside the real and raw emotions in this book and you aren’t effected mentally by depression and suicidal ideation this book will be one that has you thinking for days after putting it down.
Hartt leaves a lot of things in this book up to interpretation. Leaving you wondering, what happen though? Not giving an exact destination or precise ending to many things was perfect for this book. Though I will admit certain things I just want the answer already, I think.
This book will leave an impression upon you that will linger and have you looking over to its space on the shelf with wonder.