A review by greatexpectations77
About Grace by Anthony Doerr

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

I really enjoyed this book, but I'm glad that I did the audiobook version because I could definitely see feeling like it was extremely long and slow to read. I personally feel like if you're going to slow a story wayyy down, you have to make sure your prose is interesting and worth it, and I think that was accomplished for the most part here. The kind of meandering narrative reminded me of One Hundred Years of Solitude, and I think there's an argument that this book could fall into the magical realism lite genre. I would read this author again, which is cool because I usually have really different taste than the Pulitzer panel haha 
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