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minniepauline's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
inspiring
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
I was hooked from the first sentence. The description from the publisher likening it to Addie LaRue and Life of Pi is apt. But this book is also very different from those. It takes on philosophy, illness, time. What it means to live and what a life is worth. Aubry Tourvel develops an illness at nine years old which makes her unable stay anywhere for more than a few days, and yet she manages to find love, over and over, and to lose it over and over. She manages both to be surprised and to expect the kindness of strangers. To both marvel at and take for granted the magic she finds. To expect grief and to be floored by it, over and over and over again.
This book has affected me in a way that few books have. (The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue is another.) Aubry will stay with. I will want to read her story again.
This book has affected me in a way that few books have. (The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue is another.) Aubry will stay with. I will want to read her story again.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Chronic illness, and Violence
Moderate: Death and Death of parent
Minor: War and Xenophobia
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