The Heart's Invisible Furies

This book is a masterpiece, plain and simple. It feels so real, I actually looked up the characters, becoming convinced I was reading someone's memoirs, and I was surely not the only one. Maybe the characters from the book are not real, but the story definitely is. This could be the story of anyone, maybe not exactly the same, but pretty darn close. Anyone who was gay and living in Ireland at the time could have went through all this. And speaking of, I loved how fiction blended with real life, that played a huge role into me thinking this was someone's memoirs, that Cyril Avery is a real person.

I can't think of a single thing I didn't like. The characters are perfect in the way that they are flawed, they make mistakes and they are all the shades of grey. They feel very real and there are few things I love more in a book. Sometimes it was challenging to like them, especially the main character, but I stuck around. It was hard not to anyway, this book simply can't be put down once starting to read it.

I also liked all of the conversations, all of the details, the way it did not rush things. Thinking about it a while after reading the book, it felt almost like a diary, it all developed very naturally and there was no artificial or over the top description to set the reader into the timeline. Really, the way this book is written is simply brilliant.

Reading The Heart's Invisible Furies I felt joy, I felt amusement, relief, worry, pain, so much pain, anxiety, resignation, calm, happiness. It took me through all of the human emotions and even now I'm actually a bit devastated. It feels so damn real and I feel for the characters so much.

Having said all that, I still can't do this book justice, it is an experience and the only way to get it is to go ahead and read it.