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Like a piece of classical music that begins slowly, scale upon scale upon scale, beautiful and steady, but by no means dangerous, thrilling or even emotional, the first half of the book is almost technical in its detachment. And then somewhere in between, during the years of the war, escalating toward a crescendo, the narrative is driven almost irresistibly forward, filled with revelations and sentences and feelings so quiet, so hopeful or despairing, like all of the minutes of the day accelerat
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So incredibly beautiful, I don't even have the words to describe what this reading meant to me. So many feels! (Why does it always happens with 5-star readings? Oh, well.)
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Amazingly evocative book - until the last 30 pages or so and then it just seemed to lose its magic.
Well written and and moved quickly, but seemed a little light for a book set in WWII, not sure how to explain how slight the book felt despite being long and dealing with serious themes. Also every author should just delete their epilogue before publishing. Otherwise lovely.
beautifully written, haunting, yet beautiful. I felt connected to the characters - cheering out loud for some, angry with others. At times I felt emotionally drained by the story, but at the same time, I couldn't put it down. I appreciated the authors use of closure with the story as well.
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I thought this book had a slow start, but I am so glad I stuck with it to the end. This is a great book club book as there are a variety of things to talk about. I loved that some of the chapters were only 2 pages, easy to pick up and read a quick chapter or two.
When a book can move you to tears by its title alone, you know it's going to be something special. Did not disappoint. Apparently this was 10 years in the writing, and it shows. It starts off a bit plodding, but seriously, stick with it. You won't regret it.
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read for Popsugar 2017 advanced challenge: a book that takes place over a character's life span
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