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A review by ennitsud
Our Year of Maybe by Rachel Lynn Solomon
5.0
i really admire the way rachel lynn solomon crafts a story about growth. with friendships, siblings, parents, and love. growing apart and bonding together and then interweaving religion—it’s all so well meshed.
reading about sophie and peter was utterly bittersweet. it reminded me a bit of my high school crush. the pain of seeing them with someone else, of being happy. but there was more to it. the bits of envy seeing people together and wanting so much to be a part of that group, trying to find your place in a group somewhere separate from what’s been familiar. seeing old friends go closer to others and feeling like they’re leaving you behind. getting close to someone new, someone you didn’t think you’d have much in common with. and realizing that sometimes we remember things as if we edited the parts that justify how we feel.
it was so so soft and even in college i still feel that way sometimes. the way rachel lynn solomon captures it makes me have hope—even though i’d be doing things four years later and with other people, but it makes me have hope.
i do have one question: sophie never did go to her monday appointment. was she okay?
reading about sophie and peter was utterly bittersweet. it reminded me a bit of my high school crush. the pain of seeing them with someone else, of being happy. but there was more to it. the bits of envy seeing people together and wanting so much to be a part of that group, trying to find your place in a group somewhere separate from what’s been familiar. seeing old friends go closer to others and feeling like they’re leaving you behind. getting close to someone new, someone you didn’t think you’d have much in common with. and realizing that sometimes we remember things as if we edited the parts that justify how we feel.
it was so so soft and even in college i still feel that way sometimes. the way rachel lynn solomon captures it makes me have hope—even though i’d be doing things four years later and with other people, but it makes me have hope.
i do have one question: sophie never did go to her monday appointment. was she okay?