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Into This River I Drown
by TJ Klune
I just. I can't...This was...oh my glob, so damn good! So crazy, flippin' awesomely awesome. I want to take this book out on a date, meet its' parents, get married, grow old and die with it - The Notebook style.
Where to start? Five or six years ago, Benji's father Big Eddie died in a car accident under some questionable circumstances and now Benji is devastated and lost in his grief. At the moment he decides he can't go on any longer a light falls from the sky and Benji meets Calliel.
Benji's love for his dad is equally as important and inextricably linked to his interactions with Cal. The father/son dynamic here is so wonderful. Big Eddie was more than his dad, he was his best friend and the center of his universe. I completely felt Benji's love and grief. It bears repeating that I don't know if I have read a parent & child relationship as beautiful as this. At least not lately.
Cal helps Benji find answers to his father's death and along the way shows him that it is possible to live a life of grace and beauty even when it seems like absolutely everything has been taken from him. Cal is big, bold protector and gleeful, child-like wonder. Cal loves unreservedly and completely and I didn't even try to hold back all the squishy lovey feelings I had for him.
The cast of characters here are so great. Abe, the 62 year old best friend. The three aunts known as The Trio. Pretty much the whole town. Even the sketchy sheriff.
I enjoyed every second of this book. There was so much grief and joy and loss and love. I guarantee I'll be giving this a reread.
Where to start? Five or six years ago, Benji's father Big Eddie died in a car accident under some questionable circumstances and now Benji is devastated and lost in his grief. At the moment he decides he can't go on any longer a light falls from the sky and Benji meets Calliel.
"This is the story of my love for two men. One is my father. The other is a man who fell from the sky."
Benji's love for his dad is equally as important and inextricably linked to his interactions with Cal. The father/son dynamic here is so wonderful. Big Eddie was more than his dad, he was his best friend and the center of his universe. I completely felt Benji's love and grief. It bears repeating that I don't know if I have read a parent & child relationship as beautiful as this. At least not lately.
Cal helps Benji find answers to his father's death and along the way shows him that it is possible to live a life of grace and beauty even when it seems like absolutely everything has been taken from him. Cal is big, bold protector and gleeful, child-like wonder. Cal loves unreservedly and completely and I didn't even try to hold back all the squishy lovey feelings I had for him.
The cast of characters here are so great. Abe, the 62 year old best friend. The three aunts known as The Trio. Pretty much the whole town. Even the sketchy sheriff.
I enjoyed every second of this book. There was so much grief and joy and loss and love. I guarantee I'll be giving this a reread.