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A review by moony_reads
Anyone's Ghost by August Thompson
dark
emotional
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
“It took three car crashes to kill Jakes.”
And it took this book to kill me.
Combining haunting, stunning prose with a raw narrative that grips you in a chokehold, Anyone's Ghost by August Thompson is heart wrenching and soul destroying and I wish I could read it again for the first time.
Thompson has created a story of raw emotion that has you hooked from the beginning and it does not let you go. The characters are real and filled with their own depth. I knew them, I was them, I am them. The friendship, the love, the paternal anger, the ideation.
From the very beginning we are told what’s coming and what will be lost, but even so, the pure melancholy and the eased tenderness used as Therron remembers his past touched every part of me. Knowing the end almost made it harder.
I’m not quite sure how to move on from this one. I don’t think I’ll be letting it go for a long while.
An incredible, unbelievable debut.
And it took this book to kill me.
Combining haunting, stunning prose with a raw narrative that grips you in a chokehold, Anyone's Ghost by August Thompson is heart wrenching and soul destroying and I wish I could read it again for the first time.
Thompson has created a story of raw emotion that has you hooked from the beginning and it does not let you go. The characters are real and filled with their own depth. I knew them, I was them, I am them. The friendship, the love, the paternal anger, the ideation.
From the very beginning we are told what’s coming and what will be lost, but even so, the pure melancholy and the eased tenderness used as Therron remembers his past touched every part of me. Knowing the end almost made it harder.
I’m not quite sure how to move on from this one. I don’t think I’ll be letting it go for a long while.
An incredible, unbelievable debut.