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A review by thebookofnicole
Henry persönlich by Stewart O'Nan
3.0
Rating: 3.75 (?)
An incredible story about ordinary people. Henry and his family are all extremely normal people — but that is what is so interesting about this. Henry is a grandfather, just turning 75, and his story is about the repetitiveness and fear of being older and a veteran and an all around extremely selfless man. The third person narrator goes through the life of Henry and his family in an incredible charming way, and there was hardly a minute that I was not into reading this.
I was worried I would not enjoy such a blatant character study type of book. I am usually a plot driven kind of gal, but Stewart O'Nan had a way of making every page memorable, of every scene palpable, and every character so realistic. It felt as if I was reading my grandparent's own thoughts, to the point that I will definitely see them differently from here out.
I would definitely recommend this book! It's sweet and heartwarming, and reading it made me feel as though I was walking next to Henry and Emily, a grandparent in my own right. Though I did not mind it entirely and understood the message that it was meant to sent, the repetitiveness of him explaining his tools did get a bit droll at times, and the lack of plot (though justified) pulled me from the story a bit!
An incredible story about ordinary people. Henry and his family are all extremely normal people — but that is what is so interesting about this. Henry is a grandfather, just turning 75, and his story is about the repetitiveness and fear of being older and a veteran and an all around extremely selfless man. The third person narrator goes through the life of Henry and his family in an incredible charming way, and there was hardly a minute that I was not into reading this.
I was worried I would not enjoy such a blatant character study type of book. I am usually a plot driven kind of gal, but Stewart O'Nan had a way of making every page memorable, of every scene palpable, and every character so realistic. It felt as if I was reading my grandparent's own thoughts, to the point that I will definitely see them differently from here out.
I would definitely recommend this book! It's sweet and heartwarming, and reading it made me feel as though I was walking next to Henry and Emily, a grandparent in my own right. Though I did not mind it entirely and understood the message that it was meant to sent, the repetitiveness of him explaining his tools did get a bit droll at times, and the lack of plot (though justified) pulled me from the story a bit!