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I didn’t love this book and that makes me sad because I like the story as a whole. I had a hard time following it though. Lila’s thoughts were so scattered and didn’t follow along chronologically and that’s just hard for my brain to keep up with. The writing itself is beautiful in places:
“That sound of settling into the sheets and covers has to be one of the best things in the world. Sleep is a mercy. You can feel it coming on, like being swept up in something...You had to trust sleep when it came or it would just leave you there, waiting.” pg. 238
“When you’re scalded, touch hurts, it makes no difference if it’s kindly meant.” pg. 253
“And the old man did look as though every blessing he had forgotten to hope for had descended on him all at once.” pg. 254
There were other quotes earlier in the book that I liked too, but I wasn’t marking them then.
I wonder how this book compares to Gilead or Home? I hear so many wonderful things about them, and I heard wonderful things about this book. The problem is probably me for not liking it as much as I should.
“That sound of settling into the sheets and covers has to be one of the best things in the world. Sleep is a mercy. You can feel it coming on, like being swept up in something...You had to trust sleep when it came or it would just leave you there, waiting.” pg. 238
“When you’re scalded, touch hurts, it makes no difference if it’s kindly meant.” pg. 253
“And the old man did look as though every blessing he had forgotten to hope for had descended on him all at once.” pg. 254
There were other quotes earlier in the book that I liked too, but I wasn’t marking them then.
I wonder how this book compares to Gilead or Home? I hear so many wonderful things about them, and I heard wonderful things about this book. The problem is probably me for not liking it as much as I should.