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A review by hayleyslibrarycard
Talking at Night by Claire Daverley
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
That was a gut punch.
I’ve spent the last two rainy rainy days reading this book and it’s been the perfect backdrop to this agonisingly melancholic novel. My heart hurts.
I started this book not really liking the writing style and thinking our female MC Rosie was a bit of a pick me and although I was enjoying it felt like some of it was a bit cringe and ended it with a deeply hurt heart and the need to sit and stare out my window for a few hours to recalibrate..
The themes of grief, and doing the “right” thing, and what the fuck am I doing with my life, and the portrayals of anxiety and OCD and depression were so visceral. This book is full of deep anger and wide sadness with happy vignettes layered throughout.
This novel is so massive and sweeping and dramatic and I can hear the booming soundtrack playing as I read these final pages, but it’s also so small and slow with everyday vignettes and classic worries and anxieties we all have, whether we’ve made the right decision, who are we making decisions for? What did we miss out on when we chose something else? It’s actually taken my breath away and taken a small part of my heart.
I’ve spent the last two rainy rainy days reading this book and it’s been the perfect backdrop to this agonisingly melancholic novel. My heart hurts.
I started this book not really liking the writing style and thinking our female MC Rosie was a bit of a pick me and although I was enjoying it felt like some of it was a bit cringe and ended it with a deeply hurt heart and the need to sit and stare out my window for a few hours to recalibrate..
The themes of grief, and doing the “right” thing, and what the fuck am I doing with my life, and the portrayals of anxiety and OCD and depression were so visceral. This book is full of deep anger and wide sadness with happy vignettes layered throughout.
This novel is so massive and sweeping and dramatic and I can hear the booming soundtrack playing as I read these final pages, but it’s also so small and slow with everyday vignettes and classic worries and anxieties we all have, whether we’ve made the right decision, who are we making decisions for? What did we miss out on when we chose something else? It’s actually taken my breath away and taken a small part of my heart.