Here is one of the blurbs on the back of the hardcover edition: "Rowell keeps things surprising, and the solution maintains the novel's delicate balance of light and dark." --Publisher's Weekly (starred review) As I was getting close to the end (switching from audio to hardcover for the last li...
Okay, so yesterday I talked about a book that was hurt by the audio narration -- this is one that's helped by it (but not much, because it really doesn't need much). I read this back when it came out, and gave it 4 Stars -- which boggles my mind, was I a harsher grader back then? I remembered liking...
I don't think I can do justice to this book right now. It's been a full 24 hours since I've finished this but I still can't wrap my head around the emotion that was ripped out of me during my time with this book. I'll have to come back to this review when I'm not so raw, as it may be easier for me...
I enjoyed listening to the book and I thought it was going to leave a mark, but once I was finished, I felt it slipping out of my mind. It's a decent story - I'm a little tired of whiny boys, but I guess that was appropriate in this case - with interesting environments and situations and yet, it sti...