Review: Absolutely Beautiful
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 6, 2012
This book is two short stories and therefore a very fast read.Before I start the actual review, I feel I should mention that I'm not a cryer. I don't cry at weddings. And it has to be someone I was really close to for me to cry at a funeral. I don't cry over movies, with only a few rare exceptions. And I almost never cry over a book.That said, I teared up quite a bit reading this. The general reference to living with our past mistakes and learning to forgive ourselves for those transgressions, was something that really touched a nerve. And that was what the first story really focuses on, forgiving yourself for making a mistake that many would deem unforgivable.The second story was a just as emotionally driven, but in a totally different way, dealing with the loss of a loved one. But being able to appreciate the time that you had with that person and focus on the good memories you made with them.I often find with short stories that I wish there had been more, that they had been longer. These two stories are perfect just as they are and the fact that Finn managed to pack all that emotion into two tiny little stories is amazing. Had they been any longer, I would have been left a blubbering idiot.