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A review by jennygaitskell
A Thousand Paper Birds by Tor Udall
3.0
'Sometimes I realise that forever is now
You, beside me, unblinking.
And what I learn is this:
Hope is a rhythm.'
Audrey and Jonah, Chloe, Harry and Milly, each want something or someone they can't have, need something or someone they don't want to. They struggle to understand love and life and death, finding moments of beauty in Kew Gardens.
I enjoyed their multiple points of view, their interwoven stories, and their telling through a mix of scenes, flashbacks, notebook entries, songs and poems and paper birds. Kew Gardens is vividly described through the seasons, an inspiration for the characters which becomes magical. The novel is kind to human frailty, the tone warm. There is much to admire in this book.
You, beside me, unblinking.
And what I learn is this:
Hope is a rhythm.'
Audrey and Jonah, Chloe, Harry and Milly, each want something or someone they can't have, need something or someone they don't want to. They struggle to understand love and life and death, finding moments of beauty in Kew Gardens.
I enjoyed their multiple points of view, their interwoven stories, and their telling through a mix of scenes, flashbacks, notebook entries, songs and poems and paper birds. Kew Gardens is vividly described through the seasons, an inspiration for the characters which becomes magical. The novel is kind to human frailty, the tone warm. There is much to admire in this book.