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A review by hisparks23
Whiskey & Ribbons by Leesa Cross-Smith
4.0
I loved this, but (and?) I think it was one of the saddest books I’ve ever read. Amazing writing but oh so sad. It also did get a bit religiousy for my personal comfort level a few times, but otherwise I was struck by what a cozy, thoughtful, heartbreakingly special story this was.
Although I enjoyed all the POVs, I was not super fixated on the “current” aspect of the plot as much as I was both Eamon and Dalton’s narrations of the past. I absolutely loved reading about their friendship and brotherhood. The prose was striking in such a quiet, peaceful way. It was the kind of writing that feels emotional because it’s simple and elegant and easy, but truthful and vivid and complicated at the same time. It’s such a sad story, but it was told with such grace that I found beauty in the sadness. I don’t know how to explain it better than that.
I do sort of have a moral dilemma about what I would do if this happened to me and yeah maybe I wouldn’t make the same choices as Evi and Dalton, but that may be because I was very much on team Eamon and Evi after reading Eamon’s account of his love for her. And to me this book wasn’t about judging any of their choices anyway. It was about the deep realness of life and love and grief and how messy it is and can be. This one will be hard to forget.
Although I enjoyed all the POVs, I was not super fixated on the “current” aspect of the plot as much as I was both Eamon and Dalton’s narrations of the past. I absolutely loved reading about their friendship and brotherhood. The prose was striking in such a quiet, peaceful way. It was the kind of writing that feels emotional because it’s simple and elegant and easy, but truthful and vivid and complicated at the same time. It’s such a sad story, but it was told with such grace that I found beauty in the sadness. I don’t know how to explain it better than that.
I do sort of have a moral dilemma about what I would do if this happened to me and yeah maybe I wouldn’t make the same choices as Evi and Dalton, but that may be because I was very much on team Eamon and Evi after reading Eamon’s account of his love for her. And to me this book wasn’t about judging any of their choices anyway. It was about the deep realness of life and love and grief and how messy it is and can be. This one will be hard to forget.