I love Miss Benson. I love Enid pretty. I love every line in this book. I love Rachel Joyce. I love the world and I love life! I can't wait to live it, I love Miss Benson. I love Enid pretty. I love every line in this book. I love Rachel Joyce. I love the world and I love life! I can't wait to live it, can't wait for adventures I'm gonna go on and all of Rachel Joyce's books I'm gonna read in between! I laughed and loved and cried and got inspired and felt alive with this story. Thank you.
I read this during a trip to Kish Island, and nowhere could be more fitting, expect for New Caledonia ofcource. :)...more
The narrator was great, the story was heartwarming, the characters were real. Thank you. I listened to it in a hard time; physically and mentally. ThaThe narrator was great, the story was heartwarming, the characters were real. Thank you. I listened to it in a hard time; physically and mentally. Thank you for the comfort and sympathy. Can't wait to reread it physically....more
Ah this beautiful book... like birds' song carried by wind is came to me, and just like that is put my mind and spirit both at fire and a deep peace. Ah this beautiful book... like birds' song carried by wind is came to me, and just like that is put my mind and spirit both at fire and a deep peace. What is this? What WE need. Us humans, us broken and hopeless. Essential. Wonderfully written. Read it. Or listen to it in Robin wall kimmerer's lovely voice which is like a warm hug. It's a gift to us all. Accept it and continue the giving . Now I'm gonna start my reread....more
**spoiler alert** . . . When she is narrating the story to us, Klara's mind is damaged and fading. She doesn't recall things exactly how they happened ( **spoiler alert** . . . When she is narrating the story to us, Klara's mind is damaged and fading. She doesn't recall things exactly how they happened ( a theme present in some of Ishiguro's other works) ; she even observes some scenes and people's behaviour and feelings, even her own feelings, in divided "boxes". ( I believe cause sometimes things are too complicated and too huge to process otherwise) She tells us the sun healed Josie, because that's how she sees it; nurturing light of the sun. Nurturing warmth of the love and hope. Josie did start to get better, not necessarily the day the sun shined on her, but that's how Klara remembers it....more
9.4/10 THE BEST FINALE. One of my all times favourite books now, I'm already planning on multiple rereads of this series, but specifically this third b9.4/10 THE BEST FINALE. One of my all times favourite books now, I'm already planning on multiple rereads of this series, but specifically this third book... Masterpiece. This tale, vasya, has thought me so much... in the time I needed it the most. With its whimsy and hope and hardships, her failures and her sagacity, all the same. The joy that its beauty and whimsy put into my soul is unforgettable....more
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