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A review by beelovesreading
The Museum of You by Carys Bray
3.0
Museum of You is a story of a young girl, Clover Quin, who decides to make her own museum exhibit using memorabilia of her mother. Other characters include Darren, her father, her uncle Jim, her grandfather, Colin and Kelly, Mrs Mackerel, and Dagmar.
The story is both light-hearted and depressing at the same time. The writing was a little janky at times but not enough for me to hate it. I enjoyed it. As Clover creates her exhibits we're introduced to her mother, Becky, in Darren's naratives through flashbacks. I actually felt guilty knowing what was happening while Clover was unaware of her mother's past.
I hated how poorly Jim was treated. It was like he was just forgotten and I understand that dealing with issues like the ones Jim had are hard, but it was as if no one gave a shit. And yeah, fair play, he's a fully grown adult but he had these issues as a kid as well. And yes he didn't exactly help matters by being rude, but that's what depression does.
Anyway. Cute, but deep story. Dark in places. I don't want to ruin the story for anyone who decides to read it based on my review, so I won't divulge any information on her mother and leave it for you to find out.
The story is both light-hearted and depressing at the same time. The writing was a little janky at times but not enough for me to hate it. I enjoyed it. As Clover creates her exhibits we're introduced to her mother, Becky, in Darren's naratives through flashbacks. I actually felt guilty knowing what was happening while Clover was unaware of her mother's past.
I hated how poorly Jim was treated. It was like he was just forgotten and I understand that dealing with issues like the ones Jim had are hard, but it was as if no one gave a shit. And yeah, fair play, he's a fully grown adult but he had these issues as a kid as well. And yes he didn't exactly help matters by being rude, but that's what depression does.
Anyway. Cute, but deep story. Dark in places. I don't want to ruin the story for anyone who decides to read it based on my review, so I won't divulge any information on her mother and leave it for you to find out.