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A review by ajkhn
Good Will Come from the Sea by Christos Ikonomou
4.0
While this is the sort of book I am supposed to absolutely love, I mostly found it...good? I enjoyed the four interwoven stories, and really responded to them emotionally, I suppose it was just a bit thinner than I expected.
It's bummer pop, for sure, so know that going in. There isn't much glee, just people responding to the situations they find themselves in, which are all really the same situation. It's beautiful prose in a lot of spaces, and a lot of individuals who are in their awfulness despite/because of their intelligence. So it hurts to read. But if you're of a mind to be put in that sort of place, you may very well enjoy it.
It's bummer pop, for sure, so know that going in. There isn't much glee, just people responding to the situations they find themselves in, which are all really the same situation. It's beautiful prose in a lot of spaces, and a lot of individuals who are in their awfulness despite/because of their intelligence. So it hurts to read. But if you're of a mind to be put in that sort of place, you may very well enjoy it.