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A review by beereadsya
Hold Still by Nina LaCour
5.0
it’s been awhile since i’ve read this, but i had to come back and leave a little review just because of how beautiful it is. i can still remember it page by page despite not having touched it in nearly a year, and that says everything about the writing.
the book is so full yet so quiet at the same time, to the point where you truly feel everything that caitlin feels, and you truly feel everything ingrid felt despite ingrid never being truly *present* in the book. it’s moving, and it hits so close to home at times that it makes you as the reader simply want to set the book down and cry.
absolutely stunning. i’ll be fair and warn anyone who wishes to read the book that it contains quite a few mentions of self harm, and the central theme is suicide, and i truly don’t ask anyone to read it if it will trigger them. but it really truly is such a beautiful, moving book that shows the realest, ugliest parts of grief, and the beautiful parts that can start to come after.
the book is so full yet so quiet at the same time, to the point where you truly feel everything that caitlin feels, and you truly feel everything ingrid felt despite ingrid never being truly *present* in the book. it’s moving, and it hits so close to home at times that it makes you as the reader simply want to set the book down and cry.
absolutely stunning. i’ll be fair and warn anyone who wishes to read the book that it contains quite a few mentions of self harm, and the central theme is suicide, and i truly don’t ask anyone to read it if it will trigger them. but it really truly is such a beautiful, moving book that shows the realest, ugliest parts of grief, and the beautiful parts that can start to come after.