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littlebitofwhittle 's review for:
If You Come Softly
by Jacqueline Woodson
Thank you, John Green, for quoting this book in “The Anthropocene Reviewed” — in one of the most vulnerable chapters of Green’s novel I found a skim-and-you’ll-miss-it reference that brought me back to “If You Come Softly” by Jacqueline Woodson.
It’s been a while since I’ve cried from a book, and I thought that meant something about me has changed. It actually meant it’s been a while since I’ve picked up a book as remarkable as “If You Come Softly.”
Woodson (as well as the phenomenal narrators for the audiobook edition I was fortunate enough to find on Libby) unleashed a flood of emotions I wasn’t sure I was capable of feeling from reading anymore.
At 3am I let the waves crash over me, stifling my sobs only to listen through the last chapters of this audiobook before submerging myself in grief and bereavement for these characters. Even knowing the fate of this love story did nothing to soften the blow of tragedy as it struck at the most tender moment.
Beautiful through and through and through. 5.0/5.0
It’s been a while since I’ve cried from a book, and I thought that meant something about me has changed. It actually meant it’s been a while since I’ve picked up a book as remarkable as “If You Come Softly.”
Woodson (as well as the phenomenal narrators for the audiobook edition I was fortunate enough to find on Libby) unleashed a flood of emotions I wasn’t sure I was capable of feeling from reading anymore.
At 3am I let the waves crash over me, stifling my sobs only to listen through the last chapters of this audiobook before submerging myself in grief and bereavement for these characters. Even knowing the fate of this love story did nothing to soften the blow of tragedy as it struck at the most tender moment.
Beautiful through and through and through. 5.0/5.0