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l_gilb_the_elder 's review for:
The Summer Book
by Tove Jansson
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
As we follow Sophia and her grandmother through a summer on their island, we find subtle undercurrents of the realities of life. Grief. Youth. Old Age. This is a book to savor, and to come back to, to read again.