Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Isaac and the Egg by Bobby Palmer

44 reviews

ellbsrh's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

A book that deals with so much through the imagination, emotion and subtleties of a child’s story. Dealing with so much meaning syrrounding what it means to be human, how to love, how to lose and how to feel,  through the lens of a sweet and childlike innocence. a humane urge to care for others im absence of yourself, and in turn confronting and re-finding yourself. i am crying. 
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charlizzzard_'s review against another edition

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challenging emotional sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

A truly beautiful book that I just wanted to get back to every time I had to put it down. Sad, but a fantastic read.
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natalieliza29's review against another edition

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emotional reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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rory_coleman's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Had to skim the end because it was carrying on a bit but also I had book club to finish this for!! I really, really enjoyed this. I loved egg, I loved Isaac’s love for Mary, I loved the humour throughout a tough plot. I pictured egg so vividly so good on Bobby for that. Would read his next book but bravo for a debut like this! Glad this was my first read of the year. Quirky and lovable.

Wawoo!
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mybestfriendsarefictional's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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novelshire's review against another edition

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emotional reflective sad fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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basil_touche's review against another edition

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dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I ended up being sold on this book after reading the first page. It's bizarre premise and absurd sense of humor really appeal to my own sensiblities when it comes to fiction, while also having an emotional core that holds no barred to it's subject. The style of the writing was clear and kept my attention and the fun quirks with the typography where words move or even form the shape of an egg really added to the experience. 

Egg was probably my favourite character, I kept imaginging him as being a puppet from the Jim Henson Company and the erratic wiggling of his absurdly long arms made for quite the humourous image. But, he's also essential to the darker subject matter in helping Issac acknowledge and remember the full extent of his wife's death. It's a fine balance that I think the book does with flying colours. Whether Egg was real or a memory of Mary's last book project is left for the reader to decide. I like to think it's a little of both.


I do think that the big reveal near the end of the book was obvious and that it felt a tad rushed at the end, but I still found the conclusion to be an emotional and satsifying one (I even got a little teary eyed). Really glad I read this one
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vmayne's review against another edition

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dark emotional hopeful slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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isaaceelliot's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I picked this book up because it had my name written on the cover, I never expected to enjoy it so much or be so moved by the end of it!!
well written, a fresh and adorable take on “found friends that can’t stay for long”
Go into it knowing as little as you can. 
First five star read of 2023
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jvicarm's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

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