A review by serenereadssally
When God was a Rabbit by Sarah Winman

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Spanning four decades, from 1968 onwards, this is the story of a fabulous but flawed family and the slew of ordinary and extraordinary incidents that shape their everyday lives. It is a story about childhood and growing up, loss of innocence, eccentricity, familial ties and friendships, love and life. Stripped down to its bare bones, it’s about the unbreakable bond between a brother and sister.

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Another triumph by Sarah Winman.

As usual it’s bursting with quirky, eccentric often dysfunctional characters and centres around Elly and her family and her friendship with her best pal Jenny Penny. 

After reading Still Life I wondered if I would enjoy this one as much. I absolutely did. 

The story itself is rich and unusual and wonderful and semi magical but also real and heartbreaking throughout. I marvel at her characters, I want to hang out with these people they are so interesting and funny and the overriding theme throughout is how much they love each other and how much heart they have. 

There’s twists and turns and life changing events and I struggled to put this book down. 

I love when a book gives me all the feels and this one did. And some. A brilliant book that I would highly recommend and an easy 5 Stars 

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