pickA delightful read, an ode to memories of youth long forgotten and seldom remembered. The carefree days of the past bubbling into the present make the fantastical characters and events feel like your own hazily remembered magical childhood mixed with the contrasting adulthood nobody notices themselves entering.
“The past never is. The future never was. The present I‘ll grant you, but hardly. No one notices it.”
so-soI didn‘t know what to expect when I began reading this book beyond the synopsis on the back cover. It is quite literally a goblin‘s journey home to the now abandoned town of his youth in search of the long lost girl next door. It‘s an odd book, not bad but probably not something I‘d pick up again. The ending was what I expected and I won‘t give it away. Overall, I‘d give the book 3 stars for being imaginative.
Next read from my TBR pile. Can‘t wait to see how it turns out. 🤞
The Imagined Homecoming of Icarus Isakov | 
