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A review by shannonreadstheworld
The Other Side of Beautiful by Kim Lock
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
"𝑵𝒐 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒊𝒕, 𝒐𝒓 𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒕, 𝒐𝒓 𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒊𝒕. 𝑫𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒅. 𝑩𝒊𝒓𝒕𝒉 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒅. 𝑳𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒅.
𝑰𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒅𝒆𝒗𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂 𝒔𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕."
Pretty much everything in Mercy's life that could go wrong, has gone wrong. So she buys a van and sets off with her dog on an adventure to escape the fear she's been living with for the last two years and to find herself again.
This book reminded me so much of travelling around WA in my old van Luna. Of travelling alone for the first time feel super freaking unsure and questioning all of my life choices. I really identified with Mercy just wanting to escape her life and the fact that she chose to travel to do so (although I travel to escape the monotony of life).
This book deals with some heavy topics like death and crippling anxiety but does so in such a real and respectful way. Mercy goes through such a massive transformation and it's so freaking beautiful to read
Also, there's a hot solo travelling Scottish man...
I really freaking loved this book, I think this might be a new comfort read for me, it had me feeling nostalgic AF!
𝑰𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒅𝒆𝒗𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂 𝒔𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕."
Pretty much everything in Mercy's life that could go wrong, has gone wrong. So she buys a van and sets off with her dog on an adventure to escape the fear she's been living with for the last two years and to find herself again.
This book reminded me so much of travelling around WA in my old van Luna. Of travelling alone for the first time feel super freaking unsure and questioning all of my life choices. I really identified with Mercy just wanting to escape her life and the fact that she chose to travel to do so (although I travel to escape the monotony of life).
This book deals with some heavy topics like death and crippling anxiety but does so in such a real and respectful way. Mercy goes through such a massive transformation and it's so freaking beautiful to read
Also, there's a hot solo travelling Scottish man...
I really freaking loved this book, I think this might be a new comfort read for me, it had me feeling nostalgic AF!