ricksilva's review against another edition
5.0
This was an enjoyable variant on A Christmas Carol featuring a girl who has had a lot of things go wrong in her life, and an angel who isn't quite the guardian that she is looking for, but might just be the one she needs.
The story follows a familiar pattern, but the characters keep it interesting. There's good detail, a surprising amount of backstory for a short book, and a solid emotional punch. The author creates a nice internally consistent cosmology in a short amount of pages and it never slows down the story.
This was well-paced and fun.
The story follows a familiar pattern, but the characters keep it interesting. There's good detail, a surprising amount of backstory for a short book, and a solid emotional punch. The author creates a nice internally consistent cosmology in a short amount of pages and it never slows down the story.
This was well-paced and fun.
rhonda's review against another edition
5.0
Beautifully touching story. The main character is a young woman who feels her life is over and that suicide is better than going forward. Her emotions are all too real to anyone who has ever had one of those bleak periods in their own life. And haven't most of us been devastated at some point only to learn that things do get better with time? Although told in the form of the classics: It's a Wonderful Life and A Christmas Carol --this story is a unique read. It's emotionally satisfying with a beautiful ending and I highly recommend it.
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