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A review by jl27
Circling the Sun by Paula McLain
4.0
I liked this story -- and Beryl! -- so much. I was baffled by other reviewers who labeled Beryl as selfish or daft or all manner of things they called throughout the reviews I saw. That just truly speaks volumes about mindsets.
The story certainly wasn't all roses, but I liked that just a handful of people around Beryl understood her and saw for her strength, resilience, and untamable spirit. Everyone else resented her for these qualities (to put it in modern terms, she had a lot of haters) because they couldn't beat her, nor be her.
I think my favorite part of the entire book was that, because she ended with just herself, she was truly able to prove to herself that *she* was really was all that she needed.
The story certainly wasn't all roses, but I liked that just a handful of people around Beryl understood her and saw for her strength, resilience, and untamable spirit. Everyone else resented her for these qualities (to put it in modern terms, she had a lot of haters) because they couldn't beat her, nor be her.
I think my favorite part of the entire book was that, because she ended with just herself, she was truly able to prove to herself that *she* was really was all that she needed.