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An epistolary novel set on a fictional island off the South Carolina coastline, Ella Minnow …
Read this and consider what is happening in “democracies” today.
Take care of countries that work, or watch them come apart. In this gentle tale, it happens one letter at a time. In your country? Maybe it’s one human right at a time.
I keep trying to write a review but keep getting caught up in spoilers.
If you care for and/or about kids, read this book. You won’t know why I make this recommendation until you finish reading.
Michael is coming undone. Adrift after his wife's departure, he has begun taking himself on …
This was an interesting profile of the experience of mid-aged, single people and the experience of walking across the north of England.
I find it curious that the dance of dating is often portrayed as being such a hit and miss experience. No one saying what they feel. I see it as a book development technique, but am concerned that some readers see themselves through this, reading it as a normal way of developing relationships. It isn’t.
I enjoyed the descriptions of the walking and the walking mentality. The brain can do crazy things when people are alone with themselves. I liked the way this was profiled.
End of the book? No spoiler. Just know the museum of natural history in London needs funding. It has one of the dustiest, least attended to rocks, minerals, and fossils displays I’ve seen.
The plane is jam-packed. Every seat is taken. So of course the flight is delayed! …
If you have not gotten over the death of a loved one, do not read this book. It will be a trigger for feelings you may not be ready to process.
I did not feel invested in this story and found I was skipping loads of the descriptive passages. The direction of the story frustrated me. And the handling of the ending could have been more powerful. It felt a little like a bike tire with a pinhole puncture.
That said, I did finish the book. The writer did an excellent job of managing continuity in her handling of so many characters. I never felt like the characters were weak. I did get tired of what felt like meaningless character development.