A review by annguyen
A Question of Holmes by Brittany Cavallaro
3.0
happy new year.
what am i doing at new year's time with the final book of a series i have never read or heard about anyway?
the mystery was fine enough, though not as related to Sherlock Holmes as i initially expected.
the final chapter had me slightly shocked by the main character's decision, but again, i do not follow the series. what do i have to say about the decisions of people i barely know?
- is that, you are not the family you are born into, and you do not need to follow a conventional standard of success to be happy. and that, the person who loves you will wait on the pavement, will take exhausting train rides with unread textbooks, and will stay with you even if - even when - you have to run away and abandon everything you know to get to know yourself and heal.
happy new year.
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"don't read the last page. but i stay when it's hard, or it's wrong, or we're making mistakes. i want your midnights, but i'll be cleaning up bottles with you on new year's day."
what am i doing at new year's time with the final book of a series i have never read or heard about anyway?
the mystery was fine enough, though not as related to Sherlock Holmes as i initially expected.
the final chapter had me slightly shocked by the main character's decision, but again, i do not follow the series. what do i have to say about the decisions of people i barely know?
- is that, you are not the family you are born into, and you do not need to follow a conventional standard of success to be happy. and that, the person who loves you will wait on the pavement, will take exhausting train rides with unread textbooks, and will stay with you even if - even when - you have to run away and abandon everything you know to get to know yourself and heal.
happy new year.
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"don't read the last page. but i stay when it's hard, or it's wrong, or we're making mistakes. i want your midnights, but i'll be cleaning up bottles with you on new year's day."