Review: Beautifully Written Life Story
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 25, 2014
Typically I wouldn't have picked up this book. It's not necessarily my style of reading. But a friend insisted that I read it. So I did. And I was so pleasantly surprised. This book captures your heart right at the beginning. It's written through the eyes of a man who experiences life. Simply experiences life. You get to visit the simplicity of his childhood, experience the confusion of young adulthood, and find the solemn peace of growing up.This book was beautifully written. Right from the start you're transported into an array of poetic sentences. I literally started reading intending to maybe spend 5 to 10 minutes on the piece. Two hours later, it took everything in me to put the book down and do other necessary things I needed to get done.The scenery this author portrays takes you to the exact place and moment he intended to create. It's so vivid. Everything from his childhood home to his school to the many places the main character's life takes him. It's not necessarily a happy-go-lucky story. But it's an honest story. You experience everything from romance to death to the obvious struggles of simply finding out who you are. The main character is humble and so easy to attach to. He's very simple, odd in a way that makes him likable, and a very deep thinker. The other characters, as with real people in real life, vary in their good and bad aspects. Some you'll instantly love, others will grow on you over time, some you'll just never really be able to connect to.This author's unique and vivid style really captured my attention, held it to the very end, and remained engrained in my memory long after I finished the tale. Be prepared for a story that isn't all 'fairytale'. It's very real. Heartbreaking at times, uplifting at others. I found it fascinating and I'm so happy my friend took the time to persuade me to read it. A very beautiful read. I'll surely be looking into this author's future works.