A review by lisadee
Water, Stone, Heart by Will North

5.0

The blurbs for this book compare it to Nicholas Sparks. In the way that the author is so in touch with emotions that comparison is very accurate. This book doesn't leave me with that corny romance aftertaste however. I spent almost as much time pondering why I enjoyed it as I did actually reading it. In part it was because of the endearing characters such as the precocious little girl; Lee; wise beyond her years. The settings were vibrant and real partially because it is a fictional story set around the events of a flood that occured in the English countryside in 2004. The stories of the various characters then seem to build onto each other, layer upon layer, like that of the paintings of one character, Nicola. On the surface it is a story of how stone walls are built, how they are formed, what they can withstand yet it is very symbolic of human nature, and what makes a person who they are...what builds them up, what knocks them down ,and how all the parts fit together to make a whole. That is how this book is best enjoyed: you see all of these layers, but to see it's beauty you have to step back from it and see it as a whole.