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A review by amy_0251
The List of Real Things by Sarah Moore Fitzgerald
5.0
4.5
honestly loved this book. it was rich and full and since its so hard to give it a placement anywhere in the many genres out there i was pretty clueless as to what the plot may be going into it. and throughout it i still didnt. bee was such a beautiful character filled with such emotion. and that was what it was, a book oozing emotions from the words. ive always loved how sarah writes these dark and twisted tales like a bed time story and you might think thats not your thing but trust me on this.
i think graces character development was perfect because it wasnt a straight line of sadness to happiness. she started of as a more or less happy child and due to different overlapping sircumstances she went into this depression that wasnt displayed with crying or eating a tub of icecream in one sitting. sarah, without once mentioning it, managed to come across just how tired and in need of another word heavy she felt. one other thing i really loved is how original it was, the main character was the older sister and it was great seeing the older sisters need to take care of the younger one. another thing that i think that i have alsways loved in her books is: there is no villain. well not really, yes theres the people that we hate but yet again they are still humans. they dont realise they have ever done anything wrong and they arent really ever told. basically i will read anything sarah moore fitzgerald throws at me, not just because shes a great and innovational writer but also because i havent come across a book in a long while that i have been truly surprised by the plot. Pale emily much? personally mindblown
honestly loved this book. it was rich and full and since its so hard to give it a placement anywhere in the many genres out there i was pretty clueless as to what the plot may be going into it. and throughout it i still didnt. bee was such a beautiful character filled with such emotion. and that was what it was, a book oozing emotions from the words. ive always loved how sarah writes these dark and twisted tales like a bed time story and you might think thats not your thing but trust me on this.
i think graces character development was perfect because it wasnt a straight line of sadness to happiness. she started of as a more or less happy child and due to different overlapping sircumstances she went into this depression that wasnt displayed with crying or eating a tub of icecream in one sitting. sarah, without once mentioning it, managed to come across just how tired and in need of another word heavy she felt. one other thing i really loved is how original it was, the main character was the older sister and it was great seeing the older sisters need to take care of the younger one. another thing that i think that i have alsways loved in her books is: there is no villain. well not really, yes theres the people that we hate but yet again they are still humans. they dont realise they have ever done anything wrong and they arent really ever told. basically i will read anything sarah moore fitzgerald throws at me, not just because shes a great and innovational writer but also because i havent come across a book in a long while that i have been truly surprised by the plot. Pale emily much? personally mindblown