A review by carlareads8
Pearl by Siân Hughes

challenging emotional inspiring reflective relaxing medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? N/A
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

This book is written in a very special way and it’s not meant for everyone. Knowing that Siân Hughes is a poet made me appreciate this book a lot more. It is written in a beautiful way and most special of all, it is written from the perspective of a child (I mean that in a complement). There isn’t a chronological order to this book, which may trouble some people in reading it. But once you have patience, you will immerse yourself in a story

An example of her writing:
“Then he left the room very quietly and sadly, and as the door closed I imagined the empty clothes hangers in the wardrobe echoing their thirty-year percussion track in the song of his loss.”
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