A review by sdfallin
The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston

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

5.0

This book is the best book I’ve read in years. I finished it in a few hours; I couldn’t stop reading. It warms your heart: the characters, the story, the dialogue. It also breaks that same heart. I finished the book 15 minutes ago, and I am still crying from the beauty and heartache. It is a hopeful book, but exposes the humanity and ache of love and grief.
I found myself in Clementine, the way she approaches life and loves so deeply. I also found myself falling in love with Iwan. I wanted to go on trips with her aunt, sit in that wing-back chair. So much of the story is palpable and beautiful. I lost my child-hood friend to suicide 6 months ago, the same time in the book that Clementine had lost her aunt.
I feel like I was meant to read this; my seven year in the future me would come in to my house, and place this book in my hands, and tell me to feel. Tell me to heal. There are only a handful of books I think about all the time, even as an avid reader. This is going to be one of them. It is going to rest in my bones and mind, run the space inside my skull, and ask to be examined again. I know it. I cannot give higher praise for this book. Easily, one of my favorite of all time. 
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