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kimbongiorno 's review for:
The Kindness of Strangers
by Katrina Kittle
It took me about 24 hours to read The Kindness of Strangers by Katrina Kittle, which I finished about 4am the morning of 9/20. I knew absolutely nothing about the book, didn’t read the back. A friend pressed it (along with another) into my hands saying “you have to read these…and this one will blow you away”.
I don’t want to give anything away, but I will say this in case you heard about the difficult subject matter and are on the fence: the main subject at hand is ‘Family’. The chapters switch from the P.O.V. of 4 different characters, each one done just right. I was swept right into the book, as if I lived on the same street as they do, and didn’t want it to end. Heartbreaking, uplifting, engrossing, wonderfully written. I definitely recommend this to someone who can take a book as a whole, rather than get caught up in some difficult details your eyes need to pass.
What can I compare it to? Well, you know how Jodi Piccoult always builds a story around something pretty depressing? Its like that only really well done, written because it is a story that needed to be told…rather than a book written for a certain audience.
I don’t want to give anything away, but I will say this in case you heard about the difficult subject matter and are on the fence: the main subject at hand is ‘Family’. The chapters switch from the P.O.V. of 4 different characters, each one done just right. I was swept right into the book, as if I lived on the same street as they do, and didn’t want it to end. Heartbreaking, uplifting, engrossing, wonderfully written. I definitely recommend this to someone who can take a book as a whole, rather than get caught up in some difficult details your eyes need to pass.
What can I compare it to? Well, you know how Jodi Piccoult always builds a story around something pretty depressing? Its like that only really well done, written because it is a story that needed to be told…rather than a book written for a certain audience.