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A review by fearlesspkjimin
Dear Edward by Ann Napolitano
dark
emotional
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
I knew this book was going to break me imto pieces, and it did, just not in the way I thought.
It was a slow reading, also because I've had less time to read it, but I loved every minute of it.
It's amazingly written and described, felt the anxiety of some specific moments, and even felt how with Edward's depression you lost track of time along with him, I loved seeing a new chapter and being like "what do you mean is already winter?", is the first book that has made me feel that.
Other thing I absolutely loved is how during the plane trip you could be inside everyone's minds, know a bit of their lives, their thoughts, their experiences, their last wishes, as short as the paragraphs of them could be they were strong enough to feel a connection with them and be heartbroken when /that/ happened. This book was amazing as well at describing grief.
I truly loved it, along with his growth and the decisions he was making, even how you could notice something changing with his friendship as the years passed but the books never being about JUST that, it never romantized the trauma, the healing, anything, which is something I found really important.
I would definitely recommend it to someone, as long as they don't get anxious easily with this sort of thing.
It was a slow reading, also because I've had less time to read it, but I loved every minute of it.
It's amazingly written and described, felt the anxiety of some specific moments, and even felt how with Edward's depression you lost track of time along with him, I loved seeing a new chapter and being like "what do you mean is already winter?", is the first book that has made me feel that.
Other thing I absolutely loved is how during the plane trip you could be inside everyone's minds, know a bit of their lives, their thoughts, their experiences, their last wishes, as short as the paragraphs of them could be they were strong enough to feel a connection with them and be heartbroken when /that/ happened. This book was amazing as well at describing grief.
I truly loved it, along with his growth and the decisions he was making, even how you could notice something changing with his friendship as the years passed but the books never being about JUST that, it never romantized the trauma, the healing, anything, which is something I found really important.
I would definitely recommend it to someone, as long as they don't get anxious easily with this sort of thing.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Grief, and Death of parent