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Jan 23, 2018RebelBelle13 rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
I don't usually read contemporaries. And I NEVER read books about grief or mental illness. I typically don't care to read about sad people and their woes in my spare time. However, this book and the way it dealt with grief struck a chord with me. It reminded me of the sadness and confusion I went through when I lost my father 15 years ago, and it also introduced to me the type of grief that others go through. I'm usually the type to tell people to just "get over it". This novel showed me, in detail, what Marin's thought process was, and how she was processing the events of the summer before in a way that I could understand and accept. Even though not much happened here, I was hooked the entire time I was listening to the audiobook and finished it in two days. I had trouble putting it down. Marin's character growth was done beautifully. I really, truly believed in what happened at the end. For such a short book, this really packs a punch- and I honestly think that I will be buying a copy of this to put on my shelf. Final rating 4.5.