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I'm a french twenty-something, creative mind, bookworm with the strength of a nerdfighter and mainly a web-graphic-designer-web-developer.
http://thebeautifulstillness.net/lovely-dark-and-deep-by-amy-mcnamara/I was really overwhelmed by this book, such a great story. If I might say, it was lovely but also dark and deep. I wasn’t really expecting anything, I picked this one out because the cover was pretty, I liked the title and that’s it.
I couldn’t have made a better choice. This is a deep story that made me question myself and helped me -in a certain way- to cope with some events.
First of all McNamara did a good job regarding grief, it always seems “too much” in certain books, but this one is really honest. Her writing is very poetic, but that’s no coincidence she has a MFA in poetry.
The characters are lovely, they are all flawed in their own way, very different from each other; they felt quite real to me. I could imagine myself being Wren, that’s what I loved so much about this story. I could put myself in her shoes, feel her pain, cry her tears, and I would have reacted the same way she did.
Favourite Character: Wren
Favourite Quote: “I came here because it’s pine-dark and the ocean is wild. The kind of quiet-noise you need when there’s too much going on in your head. Like the water and the woods are doing all the feeling, and I can hang out, quiet as a headstone, in a between place. A blank I can bear.”
Playlist: Christopher O’Riley – True Love Waits. Something calm, peaceful, sad and poetic.
3.5Read it in two hours, I liked it but not that much. I don't know, her writing was kind of strange in this one.
This is just a brilliant book that I got for Christmas. I really, really enjoyed reading it and browsing through the pictures. As a huge fan of the books and the show, I highly recommend it.
Even before I ordered this book, I knew I'd love it. When I got it in my hands, I tried to resist to read it right away. Eventually, I started it, and I couldn't let it go. I needed to witness Hazel Grace's life, I needed to feel what she was feeling.Of course I cried like a baby. Of course I'm still obsessed with this book.
I think I had never experimented such grief over a book before, and I'm thankful for it, really. I must be masochist or something, but I am thankful.
Anyway, my thoughts are stars I can't fathom into constellations, so I'm going to stop this 'review' right now.
Read it. Trust me.
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That's it. This story bewitched me. From the beginning to the end. I like every word of this book, all the feelings that it gave me. I even enjoyed the tears I shed late at night when I closed the book. In my opinion, this book is a complete masterpiece. And everyone should read it, or see it. Tragic story, depressing.. but .. addictive and in a way lovely.
