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A review by colleengeedrumm
Comfort & Joy by Kristin Hannah
3.0
It's a dangerous business...going out of your door. You step into the Road, and if you don't keep your feet, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to. -J. R. R. Tolkien
Not really sure how this quote fits in, as it is beyond the scope of this book, but I'll give it that.
I did figure it out, before I was halfway through the book, something was going on that was not quite what it seemed, but didn't throw me off finishing to see what exactly it was or how it would turn out. I haven't read too many Christamas stories but just happened to own a copy of this I was committed to reading this year and glad I did. I do like this author and want to read more. This was just a little awkward and not a best effort. Now I want to finish this review and get it off to the Little Library so someone else can get to a seasonal read.
I stand there, watching the shiny combination of rain and moonlight.
Other quotes I like:
As the kids at school say: it's all good now.
I feel rejuvenated by the moisture, like a desert traveler who has stumbled upon an impossible oasis. I can't see anything with perfect clarity; it is a world veiled by mist and water, and yet made all the more beautiful by obscurity.
Regret, I know, is a powerful remainder; it can bring the strongest man to his knees. One small boy is no match for it all all. No wonder he "sees" his mom.
If I'm to be honest-and why would I lie now?-our house was quiet long before Thomas left me.
Mostly I dreamed of us being together all the time, instead of all going our separate ways.
I know how a thing like this happens. Not all at once, but day by day. You stop wanting to record every minute of an unhappy life.
I need to soak up every second and fashion the time into memories.
You see things and you say 'Why?'
But I dream things that never were
And say, 'Why not'? - George Bernard Shaw (again a quote a little too deep for this book, but can allow)
Experiencing our lives through each other
Not really sure how this quote fits in, as it is beyond the scope of this book, but I'll give it that.
I did figure it out, before I was halfway through the book, something was going on that was not quite what it seemed, but didn't throw me off finishing to see what exactly it was or how it would turn out. I haven't read too many Christamas stories but just happened to own a copy of this I was committed to reading this year and glad I did. I do like this author and want to read more. This was just a little awkward and not a best effort. Now I want to finish this review and get it off to the Little Library so someone else can get to a seasonal read.
I stand there, watching the shiny combination of rain and moonlight.
Other quotes I like:
As the kids at school say: it's all good now.
I feel rejuvenated by the moisture, like a desert traveler who has stumbled upon an impossible oasis. I can't see anything with perfect clarity; it is a world veiled by mist and water, and yet made all the more beautiful by obscurity.
Regret, I know, is a powerful remainder; it can bring the strongest man to his knees. One small boy is no match for it all all. No wonder he "sees" his mom.
If I'm to be honest-and why would I lie now?-our house was quiet long before Thomas left me.
Mostly I dreamed of us being together all the time, instead of all going our separate ways.
I know how a thing like this happens. Not all at once, but day by day. You stop wanting to record every minute of an unhappy life.
I need to soak up every second and fashion the time into memories.
You see things and you say 'Why?'
But I dream things that never were
And say, 'Why not'? - George Bernard Shaw (again a quote a little too deep for this book, but can allow)
Experiencing our lives through each other