emilysherr 's review for:

Tin Man by Sarah Winman

4.0

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such a beautiful and tragic love and life story, perfectly delivered, transporting you to a time and place you'd want to visit in your vivid dreams. it was a mix between so many aspects of things i know and love, including brokeback mountain and sherlock, the song of achilles and aristotle and dante, les chansons d'amour and the perks of being a wallflower and the danish girl; and things that took my breath away with their captivating scenery and landscapes and details, like call me by your name; and books that i didn't particularly like, but that drizzled specks of the uglier, more raw side of life, like what belongs to you. it was a mix of this meets that and simultaneously its own lovely and heartbreaking story, and it left my fingertips buzzing and my heart aching. a beaut