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rubyrosereads_'s review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
A story about loss, a story about celebrating the small wins, a story about friendship and the simplicity of the everyday.
“No one in my world seemed to be able to talk about death. It was a secret that we held inside while it corroded our organs, twisted our muscles.”
I really enjoyed this novel by Kavita Bedford set in Sydney. The narrator has recently lost her father and is navigating life in her twenties, living in a sharehouse in Redfern, and trying to work through the dark shapes that have built up in her psyche.
The writing style is quite unique and very easy to read. It flows so smoothly between present day happenings in the narrator’s sharehouse and nostalgic memories of time spent with her father before his passing.
I really liked the simplicity of this book. It is about loss, but it’s also about the minutia of everyday life. It doesn’t delve too deeply into the details of grief but it demonstrates the loss through the memory scenes and shows the close relationship she had with her father.
“I feel crushed. I can't breathe with all these memories everywhere.”
A great debut from an Australian author 👏🏼
“No one in my world seemed to be able to talk about death. It was a secret that we held inside while it corroded our organs, twisted our muscles.”
I really enjoyed this novel by Kavita Bedford set in Sydney. The narrator has recently lost her father and is navigating life in her twenties, living in a sharehouse in Redfern, and trying to work through the dark shapes that have built up in her psyche.
The writing style is quite unique and very easy to read. It flows so smoothly between present day happenings in the narrator’s sharehouse and nostalgic memories of time spent with her father before his passing.
I really liked the simplicity of this book. It is about loss, but it’s also about the minutia of everyday life. It doesn’t delve too deeply into the details of grief but it demonstrates the loss through the memory scenes and shows the close relationship she had with her father.
“I feel crushed. I can't breathe with all these memories everywhere.”
A great debut from an Australian author 👏🏼
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief
Moderate: Cancer and Drug use
Minor: Sexual assault
madelonpaige's review against another edition
dark
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent and Cancer
Minor: Drug use and Sexual assault
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