Mateusz itibaren Akabarpur, Uttar Pradesh 261151, Hindistan
I read this book in less than 24 hours. I thought it was SO sweet! I think it portrays what real romance is...it is the looks, the gestures, the kind words, the glances, and the love and passion. The wording was kind of interesting and I thought it was funny sometimes because it sounded so weird. I thought it was just a sweet, clean, romantic book:) I liked it much better than "The Measure of a Lady."
This was a great book. While it's dark and depressing, there is definitely an undercurrent of hope. It's at least one of my recent favorites, if not an all-time favorite. One thing that I REALLY want to know "why?" about... If you notice the contractions, all contractions with the word not (i.e. can't, don't, couldn't, etc.) are missing their apostrophe. Other contractions (i.e. it's, they're, you'll, etc.) use the apostrophe. Why skip the apostrophe with "not"? I have a theory... In this book, the father has so much hope for his son that the negative is not an option. He will live, he will succeed. "Not" is not in his vocabulary. At least that's my theory. I so wish I could find discussion and alternative theories on this!!! I've done a search, and really the only thing I find is "gee, no contractions is weird," or "sometimes he uses them and sometimes he doesn't," or "apostrophes would clutter things up." But I tell you--it's very specific where he uses them (always with contractions that don't involve not, never with contractions that do). This is going to bug me for a long time, I can tell. But I still loved the book!
Enjoyed it.