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jenniferdeguzman's review
4.0
Necessary disclaimer: The author is a pal, and I'm the first name in the acknowledgments.
Julia Jimenez, one of the protagonists (it's pretty well divided between her and the recluse author Percival Mendelssohn) is a pretty cool chickie, the kind I'd like to hang out with. She has the same curse/blessing of obsession I do, too. I would, however, warn her against her sweeping generalization of literature graduate students based on her acquaintance of all of one ("Those who can, do; those who can't go to grad school"? Do what? I want to ask. The lit grad students can do a lot, like appreciate and understand literature with depth and intensity) and compliment her on the down-to-earth attitude she brings to her dream romance. I would have been one foolish girl in her place.
Mostly, I love the way this story unfolds, Julia's search for Percy, and how their friendship grow through books, especially. Julia's fascination with Percy changes as he becomes a real person to her, and Percy's curiosity about Julia, as the first new person to enter his life in years, propel the story in a floaty, otherworldly way. The solitude in which they get to know each other, the way in which for a while they're only presences in the same house, never seen directly--it's almost as if they're both ghosts bringing each other back to life.
Julia Jimenez, one of the protagonists (it's pretty well divided between her and the recluse author Percival Mendelssohn) is a pretty cool chickie, the kind I'd like to hang out with. She has the same curse/blessing of obsession I do, too. I would, however, warn her against her sweeping generalization of literature graduate students based on her acquaintance of all of one ("Those who can, do; those who can't go to grad school"? Do what? I want to ask. The lit grad students can do a lot, like appreciate and understand literature with depth and intensity) and compliment her on the down-to-earth attitude she brings to her dream romance. I would have been one foolish girl in her place.
Mostly, I love the way this story unfolds, Julia's search for Percy, and how their friendship grow through books, especially. Julia's fascination with Percy changes as he becomes a real person to her, and Percy's curiosity about Julia, as the first new person to enter his life in years, propel the story in a floaty, otherworldly way. The solitude in which they get to know each other, the way in which for a while they're only presences in the same house, never seen directly--it's almost as if they're both ghosts bringing each other back to life.
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