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A review by heyheycharly
Torch by Cheryl Strayed
4.0
I really really loved this book. It's very touching, poignant, sweet, sad, emotional, well-written... on and on I could go but I won't. One day a few months ago, I read an article about the author, Cheryl Strayed, and how she was 'outed' as a famous advice columnist. And lo and behold, the very next day I found this book at my local thrift store. I picked it up on a whim and am SO GLAD that I did. This will definitely be listed among my many favorite books.
One word of caution-- DON'T read the prologue! I rarely read them, but this time I did, and as I read it I kept reading because she's such a good writer. Then she revealed a bunch of plot! BOO! I wish I wouldn't have read it before reading the novel, because it totally ruined the surprise of the plot for me. It was still a great book but I wish I could've read it without waiting for what I knew was coming.
The characters in this book are the characters that you end up thinking about for months/years to come. I'll be sitting in my desk, and start thinking about someone, wondering, "I wonder if Bruce is okay? What's Josh up to?" And then I'll realize that they're fictional characters. That, to me, is the sign of a really great writer-- the story and characters are so good that it never leaves me.
One word of caution-- DON'T read the prologue! I rarely read them, but this time I did, and as I read it I kept reading because she's such a good writer. Then she revealed a bunch of plot! BOO! I wish I wouldn't have read it before reading the novel, because it totally ruined the surprise of the plot for me. It was still a great book but I wish I could've read it without waiting for what I knew was coming.
The characters in this book are the characters that you end up thinking about for months/years to come. I'll be sitting in my desk, and start thinking about someone, wondering, "I wonder if Bruce is okay? What's Josh up to?" And then I'll realize that they're fictional characters. That, to me, is the sign of a really great writer-- the story and characters are so good that it never leaves me.