Review: Simple story, quick read, sweet characters, though something missing
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 5, 2014
I enjoyed this book a lot though there was something missing and I can't put my finger on it. The story is very simple, no twists. The characters are likeable. The idea that two people who dream about each other every day wouldn't recognise each other after only nine years is quite unrealistic though. A blind guy should have no problem to recognise a voice of the girl, especially since he listens to the tape of her voice a lot. A girl would never forget a guy's eyes and smile, even if he gets more handsome over the time. Another thing that was annoying was that after five years of being blind (and knowing that he would become blind), the guy isn't independent at all, he doesn't use a cane or a guide dog, only a personal assistant. Also, a personal assistant would never grab an arm of a blind person and guide him like that, it's always a blind person who holds onto another's arm, walking slightly behind the assistant and thus being able easily to feel the change in the other and knowing that there were steps or that the other stopped, no need for all that "three more steps" stuff. On the plus side, the problem of being an outsider just because one comes from another side of the town or has a different shade of skin was well worked into the story and one feels the injustice of being judged solely by where one is from or what one is, not for who one really is. The everyday struggle of the girl when she was a teenager and a consequent mistrust was portrayed well.Overall, one would recommend this book. The writing was good, the plot simple but interesting and the characters lovable.