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A review by janessaalexis
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
5.0
May-July 2020 Review.
Popsguar Reading Challenge 2020: A book that has a book on the cover.
Incredible. Hits me just as hard as it did the first time I read it.
February 2015 Review (original).
This book.
This. Book.
I can't even begin to describe this book. I can't even begin to process how this book made me feel- No, scratch that. I can.
And honestly? I feel great. I feel happy. I feel sad. I feel optimistic.
I feel conflicted.
Now, let me tell you a story; When I read the first chapter, my initial thought was: I didn't want to read the rest of the novel. Harsh, huh? I wasn't interested and I thought to myself, "Why is this book getting so much praise? There's nothing remarkable about it."
But I pushed myself to get past the second chapter. Then the third. Somehow, I made it to the sixth and seventh and kept going until eventually I was near the end of the novel, thinking to myself, "I can't believe I almost passed up the chance to read such a heartfelt novel."
And it was.
It is.
It's a heartfelt novel. It's warm and happy and sad and witty and real. It was amazing.
I finished the novel half an hour ago, crying in a restaurant in front of my mother and brother. My brother stopped texting on his phone and looked at me. He was so surprised, he said, "I've never actually seen someone cry while reading a book."
And cry I did. Because it was beautiful.
"We aren't the things we collect, acquire, read. We are, for as long as we are here, only love. The things we loved. The people we loved. And these, I think these really do live on."
Popsguar Reading Challenge 2020: A book that has a book on the cover.
Incredible. Hits me just as hard as it did the first time I read it.
February 2015 Review (original).
This book.
This. Book.
I can't even begin to describe this book. I can't even begin to process how this book made me feel- No, scratch that. I can.
And honestly? I feel great. I feel happy. I feel sad. I feel optimistic.
I feel conflicted.
Now, let me tell you a story; When I read the first chapter, my initial thought was: I didn't want to read the rest of the novel. Harsh, huh? I wasn't interested and I thought to myself, "Why is this book getting so much praise? There's nothing remarkable about it."
But I pushed myself to get past the second chapter. Then the third. Somehow, I made it to the sixth and seventh and kept going until eventually I was near the end of the novel, thinking to myself, "I can't believe I almost passed up the chance to read such a heartfelt novel."
And it was.
It is.
It's a heartfelt novel. It's warm and happy and sad and witty and real. It was amazing.
I finished the novel half an hour ago, crying in a restaurant in front of my mother and brother. My brother stopped texting on his phone and looked at me. He was so surprised, he said, "I've never actually seen someone cry while reading a book."
And cry I did. Because it was beautiful.
"We aren't the things we collect, acquire, read. We are, for as long as we are here, only love. The things we loved. The people we loved. And these, I think these really do live on."