Less

Perhaps this review is slightly spoilery. I mean, there are no key points spoiled... And actually nothing really about what's happening, but I do mention a couple of things that may not be as impactful if you know about before reading the book. I know that would be the case for me, but the majority of people may not care. Either way, proceed with caution.

This book is not what I expected. When I started reading, I thought I wouldn't get much out of it, but the writing pulled me in and I'm really glad I did read it. It was so poetic, funny (but not the laugh out loud kind), clumsy, devastating... Tenderhearted.

Tenerhearted is actually a word that I first encountered while reading this book. Or maybe I saw it before, but it wasn't the right fit and I didn't notice it as I did now. And it describes the book so well, the characters, and I love it so much that right now it is one of my favourite words. Tenderhearted. Lovely word!

I liked everything about this book. I liked the writing style, as I already mentioned, but besides it being quite poetic, I liked how it sometimes went ahead then turned back. It did that without making me feel like it is spoiling the story, but in a way that made me wonder what happened, how did we get here. And it also made me sit on the edge of my seat, it gave me everything bit by bit, not too much, but enough to keep me anxiously reading on.

And I liked the characters. Even when their actions were questionable, I still liked the characters. I liked the way they were flawed. And when I'm thinking about Less being (weirdly, unexpectedly) likeable I cannot not think about Swift too and wonder how did he turn out.

Really, Less is a wonderful book, I enjoyed it a lot.