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OMG! I am just so frustrated with Elena and her stupidity! I would totally be Sam in this narrative and that‘s not fair. One description on the book jacket says “haunting fable” and that it is

I‘m on page 147. This can not end well

Finally my library hold came in and I can finish #camplitsy 🤣🤣🤣

#12DaysofChristmas

Read during #CampLitsy which added to the enjoyment of this book that didn‘t quite make my #Top24in24.

@Andrew65

Catch up reviews from mid year 1/5

I didn‘t know what to make of this story when I read it & I still don‘t, but I remember the places and people quite vividly and the central theme of the different ideas about staying in the place you come from or seeking something better (realistically or not) elsewhere.

Read for #CampLitsy2024

Excellent and vivid storytelling.

Here‘s my review.

This book counts for:

☑️ 2 readathons - #wintergames, #bookspinbingo

☑️ 6 hours of reading (The audiobook is 6 hours.)

☑️ Holiday or winter read (It mentions a ski trip and it mentions the family celebrating Christmas but it‘s not a Christmas story. The book cover kinda has Christmas or Winter vibes too.)

#christmaschapterchasers #xmaschacha

This was devastatingly sad 😭!! If something bad could happen to this kid it did! And the kid was the author himself! Just heartbreaking, but it did have a sweetness to the ending as well. It‘s a beautiful holiday story but it‘s ROUGH to get through. 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

One sign of a great writer is that they can violate all the so-called rules of good writing with impunity. This is the second Anita Brookner novel I've read now, and I'm hard-pressed to think of another writer who does so much telling (about her characters' personalities and thought processes) in relation to showing, but it's so nuanced and well-observed that I immediately feel like I know and sympathize with these lonely introverts.

6 months later my hold comes in 👵🏻