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A review by librarydosebykristy
The End of the Point by Elizabeth Graver
4.0
There were times where I felt this book was dragging. I thought about abandoning it a few times. But I couldn't! The characters hooked me and I wanted to know what would happen with them.
It was beautifully written with characterizations and descriptions of relationships that were almost painfully accurate. In particular the mother and son relationship at the center of the story was beautiful and fraught and I cringed a lot at the behavior and opinions of the mother, fearful of turning out like her!
Still, when she passes away at the end of the book, I wept, to my complete surprise.
Overall, it's a beautiful moving portrait of family life over the past 80 years or so and an important literary achievement.
It was beautifully written with characterizations and descriptions of relationships that were almost painfully accurate. In particular the mother and son relationship at the center of the story was beautiful and fraught and I cringed a lot at the behavior and opinions of the mother, fearful of turning out like her!
Still, when she passes away at the end of the book, I wept, to my complete surprise.
Overall, it's a beautiful moving portrait of family life over the past 80 years or so and an important literary achievement.