lenareadsstuff 's review for:

Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan

3.75

reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Having watched the movie adaptation before reading this, it's really tough for me to separate this from its adaptation. In a way, I think both mediums complete each other. The book, although wonderfully written, lacks the sense of dread and an unbearable feeling of injustice which the movie perfectly captures. But then again, the book is less about moral pressure and more about a contemplation of morality, which it does rather nicely.

Was it possible to carry on along through all the years, the decades, through an entire life, without once being brave enough to go against what was there and yet call yourself a Christian, and face yourself in the mirror?