I read this book right before I became very ill. I thought I wrote a raview on my website. But I did not. However all the feelings it brings up you haI read this book right before I became very ill. I thought I wrote a raview on my website. But I did not. However all the feelings it brings up you have to write a review fresh from when you have read it. But I am sure all of you have read a book SOOO good you read it again. That is what I am doing. I will do a proper review when I am done. ...more
This was definitely my favorite book I read so far this year. I was lucky enough to win this from goodreads.com and it came with a post-it with a messThis was definitely my favorite book I read so far this year. I was lucky enough to win this from goodreads.com and it came with a post-it with a message and a Friendship Cemetery bookmark which I thought was awesome.
It is about Emma Grace, an 18 year old girl who has no friends, but is really nice and very funny. She has a mom who is a little weird and always asking Emma to pull a brush through her hair, or ask her "Are you going out like that?" Her mother has no real job, so she does tons of volunteer work and is always worried about what everyone in town thinks. Emma's father is dead. But Emma is not sure if this is really true but cannot prove it. She misses him dearly.
Emma wants to be a ghost hunter. She got a break from college so right now, she is free to do as she pleases. She spends time at Friendship Cemetery when she can. She wants a message from her father if he is in fact dead. She sees something one day that she thinks is most certainly an illusion. A very small girl.
But it is no illusion. The girl is Pea, or Princess Kamara as her mom calls her. And Pea lost her father as well and has seen him in the cemetery. Although Emma was nervous, she talked to Pea one day and they became very good friends. Pea looks different because she has dwarfism. But she is so creative and good hearted, the two become instant friends.
Also someone hanging around in the cemetery is Tyrone. He is always asking for change and his mother, Althee, is the town healer. People go to her because they believe she can heal with her potions and words. Emma also becomes friends with Althee one day when she falls off of her bike and Althee helps her to clean the wound.
We also have Beau who Emma has a crush on. And Pea too.
This is about their lives in Columbus, Mississippi. You go on a journey with Emma as she starts to meet more people and finds out all the towns hidden secrets. Not to mention secrets that her mother has been keeping from her for years.
The writing was superb. You become so invested in the characters. They all have their own lovable quirks that make them memorable and special. Adele Elliot can sure tell a story.
The ending was a total shock. What a twist! I was left dumbfounded. But it was so worth the read.
I loved the Epilogue also. It helped to tie up some loose ends.
I can give you some more facts but the reality is this is one of those books that you just have to read. There is so much emotion. Love, humor, sadness, rejection, anger, etc. You just have to step into Emma's shoes and take the journey with her.
I highly recommend this book to any book lover....more
This was an amazing book with an amazing story that twisted and turned everywhere. I normally do not, but I scribbled some things down as I went becauThis was an amazing book with an amazing story that twisted and turned everywhere. I normally do not, but I scribbled some things down as I went because there is so much meat in the book, you can easily forget something that is a paragraph but is super important to the book.
To sum up, if you like a great story, told very well, a great and strong central character with a lot of great supporting characters with their own quirks and personalities, and a roller coaster ride, you will love this book.
I highly recommend it. And in case you have not read my profile, I have been reading since age 3. I have read a lot of books. I had a period of my life where I was ill and could not read. 14 years to be exact. This is I the 5th book I had read since I started reading again and I am so happy that, the day I went to Barnes & Noble with my list, they had nothing on my list available in softcover. And I am starting to believe, if you want to grab someone's attention, put your cover in orange (see also Orange is the New Black, another great book that I read.).
This is a story of Harold Silver, a man who spent his life being good and decent and in the shadow of his brother George. Watching his brother George get the wife, the kids, the house, the job. Then in the blink of an eye, one murderous act changes his whole life. He is doing things he has never done, getting mixed up in things he should not be mixed up in. It is just a whole convoluted pipe he goes down and the things that happen along the way are very dark indeed. Both men are living new lives and the tables have turned in a dark way. Some would say in a darkly comic way.
This book really looks into brotherly love when it goes astray. And how much do we owe our brother. Also it looks into other relationships and takes them apart to be put back together again. It looks at our need to be connected, no matter how dysfunctional.
And it keeps us wondering how far down do we have to go before we can rise up again and begin to pick up the pieces to put our lives back together.
It was a gripping and intensely written book that you will not want to put down. I read this in maybe two days. It is that good. I plan on reading all of A.M. Homes other books. ...more
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