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This was a beautifully written book, I simply wasn't the target audience. I found myself both missing detail and feeling like there wasn't enough. This is a short book, and I wonder if that was a flaw in that there couldn't be as much world building, mythos, etc as I usually prefer in my books. If you like your books snappy, with fairly quick emotions and very quick plot, this is likely more for you.
This book, along with a very select few, has stuck with me decades after reading. It struck me in school when this book was first assigned, just how beautiful and poignant the subject matter was even when it was written in the 90s. It has only become more so as time has gone on. Especially when read as part of the quartet it was written into, this book has an excellent lesson to carry on.
This was a stunning book. It was heart breaking and sad and beautiful. I can't quite go into the full reasons why so soon after reading, but I truly wish I had more time with Conor and his mother. That's really the biggest reason it isn't a full 5 stars.
I can only say how much this book ripped my heart out and built it back in the most stunning of ways. It isn't my normal read, but it was so highly suggested. And I am so so thankful to have read it. Amazingly written, beautiful, heartbreaking, hopeful.
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