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A review by sarful
Carry Me Like Water by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
5.0
There was a lot going on in this book and so much of it was about humanity. Humanity at its best, worst, compassionate, angry, humbled, loving and pained. Each character was unique and fully fleshed out. Even the characters that only have moments.
I had put this book on a constant ‘I’ll read it later” shelf because of its size. I’m happy I finally got to it, the size was more daunting only before I started.
This is one of those books that makes you laugh and cry, take deep breaths and think. These people got under my skin and they felt like I knew them as family members not characters in a book. So much of this book was depressing, the death, the disease, the hate. But, in the end, and thank the Lord, life, family, compassion and love ends the book. Not to say it’s a happily ever after with no more pain, but for this set of people, they find a sense of peace.
I had put this book on a constant ‘I’ll read it later” shelf because of its size. I’m happy I finally got to it, the size was more daunting only before I started.
This is one of those books that makes you laugh and cry, take deep breaths and think. These people got under my skin and they felt like I knew them as family members not characters in a book. So much of this book was depressing, the death, the disease, the hate. But, in the end, and thank the Lord, life, family, compassion and love ends the book. Not to say it’s a happily ever after with no more pain, but for this set of people, they find a sense of peace.