5 stars 'The Art Of Hearing Heartbeats' is probably one of the most beautifully written books I have ever read. Never mind that the story is a beautiful and heartbreaking one, and that the characters' lives are so smartly intertwined in a way that leaves you questioning everything until the last p...
Reads like a fairy tale, a mystical love story. Unfortunately for me, I guess I am not as forgiving as Julia and was left unsatisfied. The love story may have been fine, but I have a problem warming up to someone who continually abandons those he loves so dearly. For all his intelligence Tin Win m...
I thought it was cheesy and I didn't feel bad for Tin Win. I felt bad the he went blind and his mother left him, but abandoning your family without a trace? Nope, no sympathy here.
Julia Win’s father is Burmese, and her mother is American. One morning, her father leaves for an ordinary business trip and never returns. When Julia receives a package from her mother with some of her father’s belongings, she also finds a love letter to a woman named Mi Mi, and discovers why her mo...
Julia Win’s father is Burmese, and her mother is American. One morning, her father leaves for an ordinary business trip and never returns. When Julia receives a package from her mother with some of her father’s belongings, she also finds a love letter to a woman named Mi Mi, and discovers why her mo...
This sweet, sentimental tale of two disabled Burmese villagers, who find each other as children and forge a love so overpowering that it sustains them despite lives lived apart, has been compared to a fairy tale. For me it was more like the world's longest fortune cookie. It's not that I didn't get ...
A love story: the likes of which make the blind see and the lame walk -- read this book and you'll see how almost literal this is. Set in Burma, the plot is complicated but at the same time, simple. Complicated because human relationships often are, but simple because that's what love, unsullied by ...
Review first published on my blog: http://memoriesfrombooks.blogspot.com/2013/08/the-art-of-hearing-heartbeats.htmlThe original novel was published in German and became successful in Europe. This is the English translation.The Art of Hearing Heartbeats is as story within a story. It is the story of...
I'm trying to find the right word to describe this book and the only thing I can come up with is 'unique', almost like a fairy tale with a little real world thrown in. I enjoyed the story, but.... It was sad, heartbreaking in parts, and I think those parts are why I only gave it 4 stars. This is a...
At first I was not impressed by this book. The writing didn't seem to flow quite right. The scene where Julia talks to her mother about her relationship with her father fell completely flat -- it just didn't seem like a real conversation, just something thrown in so that the reader would have a re...
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