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keeperofthetrees's Reviews (158)
wasn't able to reslly click with the story but still was enjoyable
this was hilarious. similar to the first one, were lighthearted :"))
an enjoyable and quick read with good writing and good wordbuilding on top of good communication mostly throughout the whole book which resulted in no 80% break up arc and im all for it. very sweet snd easy-going and just overall a very light read.
such a brainrot of a book but my god did i have fun reading it. also definitely liked it more than the first book :D
reread it to refresh my memory since the movie is coming out very soon and yeah its still an enjoyable, fun and quick read but there is definitely things im not fond.
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
informative
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
given that i currently have tears and snot running down my face, and that i have been crying for give or take 30 minutes, you can say thay i have enjoyed this book. just not in a way that left me smiling and happy at the end :"))
on serious note, this book truly is amazing and im genuinely speechless. the way the story is written, wordbuilding, play with foreshadowing, characterisation, scenes, metaphores...everything is just...wow.
i have never in my life read so good worded feelings of grief, longing, love. the urge to memorise every single page of this book because every single one has somethinf worth of remembering written on it was astronomical.
this is the third book i have read by backman and given the fact that i have immensely enjoyed every single one of them, i can easily and happily say he is most definitely one of my top authors of all time. top 3.
just....amazing. from start until the last word on the last page.
"People sometimes say that sorrow is mental but longingis physical. One is a wound, the other an amputated limb,
a withered petal compared to a snapped stem. Anything that grows closely enough to what it loves will eventually share the same roots. We can talk about loss, we can treat it and give it time, but biology still forces us to live according to certain rules: plants that are split down the middle don't heal, they die."
on serious note, this book truly is amazing and im genuinely speechless. the way the story is written, wordbuilding, play with foreshadowing, characterisation, scenes, metaphores...everything is just...wow.
i have never in my life read so good worded feelings of grief, longing, love. the urge to memorise every single page of this book because every single one has somethinf worth of remembering written on it was astronomical.
this is the third book i have read by backman and given the fact that i have immensely enjoyed every single one of them, i can easily and happily say he is most definitely one of my top authors of all time. top 3.
just....amazing. from start until the last word on the last page.
"People sometimes say that sorrow is mental but longingis physical. One is a wound, the other an amputated limb,
a withered petal compared to a snapped stem. Anything that grows closely enough to what it loves will eventually share the same roots. We can talk about loss, we can treat it and give it time, but biology still forces us to live according to certain rules: plants that are split down the middle don't heal, they die."
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
my second book by fredrik and it seems this man just cannot miss with his writing. hilarious, beautiful, heartbreaking all at the same time.
couldn't let the book out od my hands ans the way the whole story wrapped up in the end? amazing. and the last chapter?? for the book called anxious people to end with a chapter like that? beautiful.
i loved everything about it.
"They say that a person's personality is the sum of their experiences. But that isn't true, at least not entirely, because if
our past was all that defined us, we'd never be able to put up with ourselves. We need to be allowed to convince ourselves
that we're more than the mistakes we made yesterday. That we are all of our next choices, too, all of our tomorrows."
couldn't let the book out od my hands ans the way the whole story wrapped up in the end? amazing. and the last chapter?? for the book called anxious people to end with a chapter like that? beautiful.
i loved everything about it.
"They say that a person's personality is the sum of their experiences. But that isn't true, at least not entirely, because if
our past was all that defined us, we'd never be able to put up with ourselves. We need to be allowed to convince ourselves
that we're more than the mistakes we made yesterday. That we are all of our next choices, too, all of our tomorrows."
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
tense
started it yesterday right after finishing giovanni's room, and im currently sobbing after having finished it.
the writing was captivating. i was turning page after page, not being able to stop.
it was so well reasearch, too. with how the politic in poland were back then in the '80 and the consequences of the war and everything. it was refreshing to see and read.
and my heart hurts so badly right now. for ludwik. the dreamer. the boy who saw his country for what it was. a 'Party' controlled country.
it was a beautiful book. truly. from start to finish. and i do recommend reading giovanni's room first before this one because it will mean more and you will understand it better.
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"I thought of the photographer and his courage, imagining how the photo had made it out of the country: a roll of film smuggled into West Germany, in a secret compartment or an emptied tube of toothpaste. Anonymous figures trapped on the wrong side of history, compressed and rolled up inside a stranger’s pocket. No matter what happens in the world, however brutal or dystopian a thing, not all is lost if there are people out there risking themselves to document it.
Little sparks cause fires too."
the writing was captivating. i was turning page after page, not being able to stop.
it was so well reasearch, too. with how the politic in poland were back then in the '80 and the consequences of the war and everything. it was refreshing to see and read.
and my heart hurts so badly right now. for ludwik. the dreamer. the boy who saw his country for what it was. a 'Party' controlled country.
it was a beautiful book. truly. from start to finish. and i do recommend reading giovanni's room first before this one because it will mean more and you will understand it better.
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"I thought of the photographer and his courage, imagining how the photo had made it out of the country: a roll of film smuggled into West Germany, in a secret compartment or an emptied tube of toothpaste. Anonymous figures trapped on the wrong side of history, compressed and rolled up inside a stranger’s pocket. No matter what happens in the world, however brutal or dystopian a thing, not all is lost if there are people out there risking themselves to document it.
Little sparks cause fires too."