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Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano
5.0
4.5-
I am always amazed when an author can write novels that are so drastically different in content, but same in depth, and Ann Napolitano has done just that. I loved Dear Edward, so when I saw this was an advanced copy on NetGalley I jumped at the chance to read it. This is a completely different style than Dear Edward, but equally as good. Throughout reading this I had to keep reminding myself who the author was because it felt like a mix of The Most Fun We Ever Had and Ask Again, Yes (honestly I’m really not sure why the latter kept popping into my head, but it did).
Hello Beautiful is a beautiful story of the large, loud, and loving Padavano family; the 4 sisters Julia, Sylvie, and twins Cecilia and Emeline, their parents Charlie and Rose, and the boy who enters their lives, William. Told through the years of the late 70’s through 2008, we are given a first row view of the joys and sorrows of this amazing family.
I loved how for each period Ms. Napolitano writes from the perspective of 4 different characters. This style gives such a depth to the story taking it from 2D images of just words to 3D imagery.
These characters are all so well developed, they feel like they are real people, not just characters imagined from the author’s mind. I fell in love with so many of them, while a few others just aggravated me, but isn’t that how it is in every family?
Hello Beautiful will be available to the public March 14. Thank you to Random House and NetGalley for this advanced copy.
I am always amazed when an author can write novels that are so drastically different in content, but same in depth, and Ann Napolitano has done just that. I loved Dear Edward, so when I saw this was an advanced copy on NetGalley I jumped at the chance to read it. This is a completely different style than Dear Edward, but equally as good. Throughout reading this I had to keep reminding myself who the author was because it felt like a mix of The Most Fun We Ever Had and Ask Again, Yes (honestly I’m really not sure why the latter kept popping into my head, but it did).
Hello Beautiful is a beautiful story of the large, loud, and loving Padavano family; the 4 sisters Julia, Sylvie, and twins Cecilia and Emeline, their parents Charlie and Rose, and the boy who enters their lives, William. Told through the years of the late 70’s through 2008, we are given a first row view of the joys and sorrows of this amazing family.
I loved how for each period Ms. Napolitano writes from the perspective of 4 different characters. This style gives such a depth to the story taking it from 2D images of just words to 3D imagery.
These characters are all so well developed, they feel like they are real people, not just characters imagined from the author’s mind. I fell in love with so many of them, while a few others just aggravated me, but isn’t that how it is in every family?
Hello Beautiful will be available to the public March 14. Thank you to Random House and NetGalley for this advanced copy.