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A review by effy
A Short Walk Through a Wide World by Douglas Westerbeke
4.5
This book caught my eye because it had been compared to The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue and The Midnight Library. The former is one of my all-time favourite books whilst the latter very much is not. I was fascinated to read this book and see which way it would lean. Well, I can quite confidently say that this is a book that has a lot more in common with Addie than Haig's book. There is something so incredible about the journey that our main character goes on which draws the reader in and you feel as though you are experiencing her wondrous and, at times painful, journey alongside her.
This book is a very different story to The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue but I can definitely see where the comparisons come from and there is a very specific vibe to this book which definitely did remind me of its comp title but this is also a very unique story very unlike anything that I have read before. It is a book that truly needs to be experienced and I recommend everyone does experience it.