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Sarah Combs

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Opere di Sarah Combs

Breakfast Served Anytime (2014) 112 copie
The Light Fantastic (2016) 79 copie
Schmetterlingswochen (2018) 1 copia

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I wouldn't say it was perfect, but it was so thought-provoking. I love books that ask the tough questions!

This is going to be a tough one to review. It's like trying to describe the way something delicious tastes-- there are only so many words to do it and none of them are as good as the actual eating of the food. I had the best time reading this book. It's so smart and emotional that I basically never wanted it to end.

This book was one of those "not a lot happens" books, but it makes up for it in FEELING. I'll always love a book that makes me think about the whys in life. And this one made me do a lot of thinking.

I loved so many of these characters. Good and bad. Not everyone is a good guy in this book, but mostly, even the ones who were the bad ones made me feel compassion towards them in some way.

April is in Delaware and she has that weird condition where she can remember details about every day of her life, and she's always felt like she was tied to the bad things that seem to happen in April every year. After all, she was born on the day of the Oklahoma City bombing. Lincoln's dad was killed on September 11th, and now he's seeing a girl way out of his league.... except nobody knows the secrets she carries. The Mastermind has been waiting for this day for a long, long time. Nothing is going to stop him from carrying out his ultimate plan. Gavin is crammed in a janitorial closet with an entire classroom of kids scared he'll never be able to run again. And a bunch of other kids hate themselves more than anyone else could ever hate them.

It's a really hard book to explain because it's not what happens in the book that is impactful, it's what the book makes you think about.

Sometimes the philosophizing got old, but it was so insightful and meaningful that I didn't mind. This book made me think about all the crazy things that happen in the world we live in and it made me feel like I did when I read [b:Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock|13477676|Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock|Matthew Quick|https://d2arxad8u2l0g7.cloudfront.net/books/1370282544s/13477676.jpg|19008613]. Like how there are so many people in pain & how many of those people are people that I know?? How many people are hiding their pain and how many do I interact with, and am I too self-involved to ever notice it? How many people do I miss out on helping? It also made me realize that I'll never understand certain things (like why people are so intent on hurting other people) and that people are really hard to understand in general.

So it ended rather abruptly, but I think I am okay with not knowing what happens to every last character. I kind of like imagining it on my own.

Quote: "I think about it all the time, how many people there are, how there can't possibly be room on this earth for all that love and confusion and longing and fury. Where are you supposed to put it all? Where's it going to fit?"

OVERALL: Another one of those books that hit me right in the gut. I love books like this that make me think outside of myself and look around at life that's going on that has nothing to do with me. I'd recommend this to so many people, so I'm just going to say-- if you like books that make you feel, read this!

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Michelle_PPDB | 20 altre recensioni | Mar 18, 2023 |
I wasn't sure what I was expecting when I requested this book; it certainly wasn't what I got. This book was not linear; it jumps from POV to POV, sometimes even in time. The story follows nine individuals in the aftermath of the Boston Marathon Bombings, and leading up to premeditated coordinated mass school shootings across the country.

The stories are all linked, sometimes directly, sometimes with only the mention of a shared thought or experience. Because of the shifting viewpoints, I never got to spend enough time with each character. Each chapter was told from the first person POV and depending on the narrator, these chapters could veer close to stream-of-consciousness. It was a little difficult at first to keep track and make the connections, but after a while, I got into the groove and the pieces started falling together. I still really wanted a more cohesive whole rather than these snapshots we were given.

But I realized that the stylistic choice Combs made by having short chapters that were extremely first-person POV, that jumped around and at times seemingly unconnected -- this accentuates the point that the small moments matter. That it can take a very small thing to stop somebody from making a horrific mistake, and we have to be aware of our own connections with others. It can be a teacher sitting a student down and talking to them, or a stranger making conversation on a street, or your sister forcing you out of the house for a run. it's also about being aware that the choices we make in life impact the lives of others, for better or worse.

School shootings are never an easy topic to read about in fiction; the topic always seems to hit too close to reality. But I think this book tries to address some of the root causes of at least some of these shootings, which is that the isolationism that many of the perpetrators of these events feel is actually a false isolation.

Review copy courtesy of the publisher via NetGalley.
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wisemetis | 20 altre recensioni | Sep 14, 2022 |
Seven interwoven tales make up this story of students planning the unimaginable in schools across the nation. This book clearly points out the need for change in a sometimes frightening world.
 
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