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A review by eden_blossom
The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston
3.0
"I loved how a book, a story, a set of words in a sentence organized in the exact right order, made you miss places you’ve never visited, and people you’ve never met."
This book is the right one for those girls for whom "About Time" marked a before and after in our lives. We meet Clementine, a woman about to turn 30 with the doubts of any woman at that age. In order to clear her mind, she decides to go to her aunt's flat for a while, a magical flat, because when you open its door, you can travel in time: 7 years in the past or 7 years in the future, but always 7 years (what a lucky number, I guess).
In one of these unexpected trips, Clementine meets Iwan, the son of one of her aunt's friends, who is going to stay in the apartment for a while, while Clem's aunt is travelling. this last piece of information is what makes Clem see that she has travelled back in time TO THE PAST.
Her aunt has always told Clementine that the magical flat has only two rules: take your shoes off at the hall and don't fall in love, but those boundaries become very blurred in Clementine's adventure.
"That was love, wasn't it? It wasn't just a quick drop -- it was falling, over and over again, for your person. It was falling as they became new people. It was learning how to exist with every new breath. It was uncertain and it was undeniably hard, and it wasn't something you could plan for.
What can I say about this story? I liked it a lot, despite not being much, it makes you have a great time: laugh, cry, get angry but, above all, learn, because in 7 years, things can change a lot, as well as people.
This book is the right one for those girls for whom "About Time" marked a before and after in our lives. We meet Clementine, a woman about to turn 30 with the doubts of any woman at that age. In order to clear her mind, she decides to go to her aunt's flat for a while, a magical flat, because when you open its door, you can travel in time: 7 years in the past or 7 years in the future, but always 7 years (what a lucky number, I guess).
In one of these unexpected trips, Clementine meets Iwan, the son of one of her aunt's friends, who is going to stay in the apartment for a while, while Clem's aunt is travelling. this last piece of information is what makes Clem see that she has travelled back in time TO THE PAST.
Her aunt has always told Clementine that the magical flat has only two rules: take your shoes off at the hall and don't fall in love, but those boundaries become very blurred in Clementine's adventure.
"That was love, wasn't it? It wasn't just a quick drop -- it was falling, over and over again, for your person. It was falling as they became new people. It was learning how to exist with every new breath. It was uncertain and it was undeniably hard, and it wasn't something you could plan for.
What can I say about this story? I liked it a lot, despite not being much, it makes you have a great time: laugh, cry, get angry but, above all, learn, because in 7 years, things can change a lot, as well as people.