My first reaction when I finished this book was relief that it was over. Realistically I probably should have given up on this book twenty or so pages in, but for some reason I always seem to have to finish a book. This clearly was not a book for me. I could never really get into the story and didn't find myself caring much about the characters. Much like my reviews, I felt it seemed to ramble on and jump around a lot. I don't want my review to discourage anyone from reading this though. This was written well and I feel like some readers will absolutely love this.

I am so confused right now. It seems like this book goes off in tangents and rambles a bit and I am a little lost. I believe that this is a translation, but I don't think that is why I am having problems with it. This just seems odd to me. One moment Eva is thinking about how Simon is getting old, and then she starts thinking about Simon's past hiding from Nazis with his family, and then she thinks about this random snail shell she found (which she is certain Simon left there). This is definitely not what I thought it would be. It just seems like the author is trying to hard. I very rarely ever stop reading a book before I finish it but if this keeps going how it is now I might not be finishing this. It just seems a bit too hipster for me. Gah, here I am complaining about the author rambling and now I'm rambling.