Waiting for the Flood
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Alexis Hall
People come as well as go.Twelve years ago, Edwin Tully came to Oxford and fell in love with a boy named Marius. He was brilliant. An artist. It was going to be forever.Two years ago, it ended.Now Edwin lives alone in the house they used to share. He tends to damaged books and faded memories,...
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People come as well as go.Twelve years ago, Edwin Tully came to Oxford and fell in love with a boy named Marius. He was brilliant. An artist. It was going to be forever.Two years ago, it ended.Now Edwin lives alone in the house they used to share. He tends to damaged books and faded memories, trying to a build a future from the fragments of the past.Then the weather turns,
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Format: ebook
ISBN:
9781626492707 (1626492700)
Pages no: 95
Edition language: English
3.5 starsThis is a great peaceful-feeling type read. I thought it was super sweet and well worth my time.
First of all, this was a very believable story, it being so short, and that is amazing.There were sentences that really nailed it for me. This is the story of my life: standing on the edges of things and worrying, when I'm supposed to just walk through them. It’s hard to like someone when they care...
2,5 stars.Since Glitterland I was longingly waiting for a book from this author that I could like if not more, if not the same, but at least close to my liking of his début novel(though liking in this case is a huge understatement). And Waiting for the Flood seemed to be able to fulfil my high expec...
(This review was originally a blog post, and is probably better suited to that format. Short review- I loved this to pieces. It's wonderful. Lengthier, blathering review below.) I got this book from the publisher, Riptide, in exchange for an honest, unbiased review.Unbiased being the keyword. N...
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