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A review by abidavisf
In The Weeds by B.K. Borison
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
slow-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
4.75
“I have had my happy today. I’m practically drowning in it.”
In the Weeds is sunshine and daisies, the moon and the stars, love and pure unadulterated magic. This is the slowest I have read a book in years and that’s strictly because I was trying so hard to make it never end.
I thought that I couldn’t love a character as much as I love Stella but Beckett? I hold parts of him in my heart that will live there forever. He is the colour yellow. He is hope and beauty, inside and out, and love. He cares for all things, living or otherwise. He is thoughtful and open in his own way and generous to a fault.
Evie is grace and humility. She has worked so hard to be where she is, but has the courage to recognise that it isn’t making her happy. That is such a tremendously difficult thing for anyone to admit to but particularly someone of her stature. The strength that she garnered to go and find her happiness, to open up and allow someone to love her, to allow herself to love, is truly beautiful.
I feel honoured to have read In the Weeds. The word I used most when annotating this book was “home” and that’s what is. Compared to Lovelight Farms, which so vividly epitomised community, In the Weeds was private and cosy and homely. It was Evie and Beckett learning about each other but also about themselves and, ultimately, falling in love. I adore this book with my whole heart.
Onto Mixed Signals. I already know that I wish Layla was my best friend so this is going to be wonderful…
In the Weeds is sunshine and daisies, the moon and the stars, love and pure unadulterated magic. This is the slowest I have read a book in years and that’s strictly because I was trying so hard to make it never end.
I thought that I couldn’t love a character as much as I love Stella but Beckett? I hold parts of him in my heart that will live there forever. He is the colour yellow. He is hope and beauty, inside and out, and love. He cares for all things, living or otherwise. He is thoughtful and open in his own way and generous to a fault.
Evie is grace and humility. She has worked so hard to be where she is, but has the courage to recognise that it isn’t making her happy. That is such a tremendously difficult thing for anyone to admit to but particularly someone of her stature. The strength that she garnered to go and find her happiness, to open up and allow someone to love her, to allow herself to love, is truly beautiful.
I feel honoured to have read In the Weeds. The word I used most when annotating this book was “home” and that’s what is. Compared to Lovelight Farms, which so vividly epitomised community, In the Weeds was private and cosy and homely. It was Evie and Beckett learning about each other but also about themselves and, ultimately, falling in love. I adore this book with my whole heart.
Onto Mixed Signals. I already know that I wish Layla was my best friend so this is going to be wonderful…
Content Warnings
Minor: Racism and Injury/Injury detail