A review by readthestars
Anna and the Swallow Man by Gavriel Savit

emotional reflective sad tense 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? No

5.0

I am pleased even though the ending felt abrupt and hollow and sad. This is probably how Anna feels, in the world as she continues to experience it, with difficult questions and sorrowful but sustaining memories of past-lives. Why did what happened happen? Will she ever know, as she matures? Is there a straight forward answer that we as analytical readers should know? I feel the uncertainties of change, the lonely and hollow feeling of love, loss, and truth, and the pains of human life and loss on earth. And ultimately, our lack of control as the world goes on and on and on, and we learn as we live and die many deaths in it. A story like this will live on in me the same way that life does, uncertain, not yet ended, and beautiful and sad all at once.