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A review by kathyellendavis
The Bridge by Bill Konigsberg
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
This book is so necessary and well done. Four different outcomes of one event, so basically four different stories within one book, but with the same characters. I liked both Aaron and Tillie as main characters and felt for them from the first pages. The writing brings you in super close to their emotions so the book is really hard to read at times. The story shows how much our actions affect others, how valuable we are by just being ourselves, how hard life can be at times, how we touch people's lives when we don't even know we do, and more.
I really liked that the third section (the section where they both jumped) was the shortest and moved through the years quickly showing how their deaths affected their family, but also people they otherwise would have known and spent time with. I think it made it even more sad that that part was shorter because their lives were shortened.
I also appreciated that the parts that were repeated were told in a new/fresh way in the fourth part (where they both didn't jump), since we saw parts of what would have happened to each of them in the sections where the other jumped.
A difficult read for sure, but I am constantly reminded that it is much harder for people to deal with depression than it is for me to read about it, so I'm thankful I'm only experiencing it this way. I think this book will help so many readers empathize with the struggles people go through when depressed, and how our words and actions can really affect the people around us.
I really liked that the third section (the section where they both jumped) was the shortest and moved through the years quickly showing how their deaths affected their family, but also people they otherwise would have known and spent time with. I think it made it even more sad that that part was shorter because their lives were shortened.
I also appreciated that the parts that were repeated were told in a new/fresh way in the fourth part (where they both didn't jump), since we saw parts of what would have happened to each of them in the sections where the other jumped.
A difficult read for sure, but I am constantly reminded that it is much harder for people to deal with depression than it is for me to read about it, so I'm thankful I'm only experiencing it this way. I think this book will help so many readers empathize with the struggles people go through when depressed, and how our words and actions can really affect the people around us.