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A review by mirandanoble
All We Need of Hell by Harry Crews
5.0
I might regret giving this 5 stars, but this book seriously got me. Here’s why:
1. I had ZERO idea what I was walking into. And then I was hit in the face by odd characters getting mixed up in odd situations. And it was so much fun. And also a bit tragic at the same time.
2. I have never felt forced to update my Goodreads as I read a book, but this book had me in disbelief pretty much every time I read it. I absolutely had to share it.
3. I laughed a lot!
4. The end may appear to seamlessly wrap up, but the only reason it’s seamless is because it doesn’t wrap up. No issues are solved, and in the most beautiful way. Crews simply allows the idea that things will be fine to work instead of forcing us to read how things end up fine. It was beautiful and, yeah, it made me cry.
5. I dog eared this puppy so much.
6. I love reading about messed up people. Every single character in this story is undoubtedly messed up. And watching them love each other and hate each other in their messed up ways—I hate that I find it romantic.
Haha yeah, I don’t regret it. It’s good. And messed up. And I loved it!
1. I had ZERO idea what I was walking into. And then I was hit in the face by odd characters getting mixed up in odd situations. And it was so much fun. And also a bit tragic at the same time.
2. I have never felt forced to update my Goodreads as I read a book, but this book had me in disbelief pretty much every time I read it. I absolutely had to share it.
3. I laughed a lot!
4. The end may appear to seamlessly wrap up, but the only reason it’s seamless is because it doesn’t wrap up. No issues are solved, and in the most beautiful way. Crews simply allows the idea that things will be fine to work instead of forcing us to read how things end up fine. It was beautiful and, yeah, it made me cry.
5. I dog eared this puppy so much.
6. I love reading about messed up people. Every single character in this story is undoubtedly messed up. And watching them love each other and hate each other in their messed up ways—I hate that I find it romantic.
Haha yeah, I don’t regret it. It’s good. And messed up. And I loved it!