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berit08 's review for:
The Map of Us
by Jules Preston
4 turquoise Blue Stars ๐๐๐๐
Let me start this off by saying this is a book that is going to take you a while to get into... The narrative is very unusual and quirky.... very short chapters some of them appear simply to be lists.... and honestly about 30% in I was thinking to myself, how am I going to rate this book? But by the end I was so charmed, after I got into the flow of the writing style....
There are quite a few characters in this book all of them a bit quirky... and due to the choppy writing style it did take me awhile to appreciate these characters.... Tilly was very interesting... a statistician who saw life through numbers and facts... in fact she wrote a report of sorts when her marriage broke up including flow charts and gave it to her ex.... she even came up with a compatibility index, but never fear it was put to good use in the end.... there was quite the cast of characters in this book... including all of Tillyโs siblings, her father, her grandmother, her ex-boyfriend, his new girlfriend, her boss, her coworker, and Daniel....
Now there are a few characters I would have liked to get to know better... including Catherine Tillyโs sister.... absolutely could relate to Catherine better than Tilly, the girl had a crazy handbag collection.... also would have liked a little more about her grandmother Violet, really enjoyed her relationship with Owen... also really enjoyed Matt and grace, Tillys ex and his new girlfriend.... well shoot I really needed to know more about everybody her brother who was a expert in the color blue, her father who created sand sculptures for a living, see what I am saying super quirky.... additionally there were some interesting little chapters about household appliances... and I canโt forget Daniel, what will happen there?
I want to recommend this if you are willing to go into it with an open mind... and know that it is not written in a
conventional writing style, but in the end quite a lovely book....
*** thank you so much to the publisher and Net Galley for a copy of this book ***
Let me start this off by saying this is a book that is going to take you a while to get into... The narrative is very unusual and quirky.... very short chapters some of them appear simply to be lists.... and honestly about 30% in I was thinking to myself, how am I going to rate this book? But by the end I was so charmed, after I got into the flow of the writing style....
There are quite a few characters in this book all of them a bit quirky... and due to the choppy writing style it did take me awhile to appreciate these characters.... Tilly was very interesting... a statistician who saw life through numbers and facts... in fact she wrote a report of sorts when her marriage broke up including flow charts and gave it to her ex.... she even came up with a compatibility index, but never fear it was put to good use in the end.... there was quite the cast of characters in this book... including all of Tillyโs siblings, her father, her grandmother, her ex-boyfriend, his new girlfriend, her boss, her coworker, and Daniel....
Now there are a few characters I would have liked to get to know better... including Catherine Tillyโs sister.... absolutely could relate to Catherine better than Tilly, the girl had a crazy handbag collection.... also would have liked a little more about her grandmother Violet, really enjoyed her relationship with Owen... also really enjoyed Matt and grace, Tillys ex and his new girlfriend.... well shoot I really needed to know more about everybody her brother who was a expert in the color blue, her father who created sand sculptures for a living, see what I am saying super quirky.... additionally there were some interesting little chapters about household appliances... and I canโt forget Daniel, what will happen there?
I want to recommend this if you are willing to go into it with an open mind... and know that it is not written in a
conventional writing style, but in the end quite a lovely book....
*** thank you so much to the publisher and Net Galley for a copy of this book ***