Alejandro De Antonio Fern De Antonio Fern থেকে 42034 Casina RE, Italy
For as much of a crier I am in real life, I'm not much of a crier when it comes to reading books. The last twelve pages of this one earned those tears. This is one of those books that I won't be able to really explain how I feel, because there aren't exactly the right words. It was a lot of things that go against each other - hopeful and at the same time not, lovely and painful. Kind of like those songs that have a melancholy sound anyway, and then you read the lyrics and they're this mixture of uplifting and sad, and you're not exactly sure which one you're going to be when it's over. And then it ends and you realize it's both. I loved the relationship between Mia and her parents, and the way their relationship was revealed to the reader was brilliant - you'd get these little nuggets, these small snippets of seemingly mundane interactions and then halfway through the book, you kind of realize exactly what it is that Mia has lost. It's the slow kind of sadness. Gramps and Gran earn a special place in my heart, too. This book was just full of people I grew to love - Willow, Henry, Teddy, Kim. Adam. Lovely book, and one I'll definitely read again. Hopefully with less tears.