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The Heartbeat Library
by Laura Imai Messina
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
“That’s how happiness works. It happens when you do more with less.”
I discovered The Heartbeat Library through its audio version, and I believe it is a true added-value to the book (if only for one special moment in the end that made my heart burst and burn with feelings). The narration is a bit different than what I’m used to, but once you get accustomed, it adds to that longing feeling that waves into the pages.
The whole book is bewitching. That friendship between Shichi and Kenta, what we discover during the story, is a beautiful questioning about childhood's fading, grief, but also –and foremost– the search for happiness. The meaning of life, in one (well three) word(s). Is it possible to allow yourself to be happy when one lost it all? And what is happiness?
The writing is marvelous, meaningful. I loved how the author uses the purpose of words, their shape.
That novel is a moment out of time, a bubble that allows us to breathe, to take a moment for ourselves.
One of my favorite books of the year.
Just gorgeous.
Thank you NetGalley, RB Media, and to the author for the gifted copy. My opinions are my own.
I discovered The Heartbeat Library through its audio version, and I believe it is a true added-value to the book (if only for one special moment in the end that made my heart burst and burn with feelings). The narration is a bit different than what I’m used to, but once you get accustomed, it adds to that longing feeling that waves into the pages.
The whole book is bewitching. That friendship between Shichi and Kenta, what we discover during the story, is a beautiful questioning about childhood's fading, grief, but also –and foremost– the search for happiness. The meaning of life, in one (well three) word(s). Is it possible to allow yourself to be happy when one lost it all? And what is happiness?
The writing is marvelous, meaningful. I loved how the author uses the purpose of words, their shape.
That novel is a moment out of time, a bubble that allows us to breathe, to take a moment for ourselves.
One of my favorite books of the year.
Just gorgeous.
Thank you NetGalley, RB Media, and to the author for the gifted copy. My opinions are my own.