Pages: 323
Received: Received an e-copy from Raincoast in exchange for an honest review
Release Date: April 1, 2014
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Goodreads Synopsis:
It begins as an assignment for English class: Write a letter to a dead person.Laurel chooses
Kurt Cobain because her sister, May, loved him. And he died young, just like
May did. Soon, Laurel has a
notebook full of letters to people like Janis Joplin, Amy Winehouse, Amelia
Earhart, Heath Ledger, and more; though she never gives a single one of them to
her teacher. She writes about starting high school, navigating new friendships,
falling in love for the first time, learning to live with her splintering
family. And, finally, about the abuse she suffered while May was supposed to be
looking out for her. Only then, once Laurel
has written down the truth about what happened to herself, can she truly begin
to accept what happened to May. And only when Laurel
has begun to see her sister as the person she was; lovely and amazing and
deeply flawed; can she begin to discover her own path.
My Review:
I absolutely adored this book, there is so much raw emotion flowing through the pages that you can't help but feel for Laurel. In her writing to all these dead people, Laurel eventually comes to terms with her sister's death, and finally lets out the truth of what happened to May.
Through the letters, readers can really see how Laurel is struggling with the aftermath of what happened to her sister, and she is trying to right a lot of things in her life. Ava Dellaira has a special way with words that you really believe this story and can see someone really letting things out in letters that will never be sent. Laurel writes to people who in a way have affected her life, through their movies and their music she grows and makes new friends.
Laurel is definitely a damaged person and you can see that in the way she writes her letters, not only has she lost her sister but it feels like she has lost her mother as well. No one is the same and they are all grieving in different ways. I really love how Laurel grows and learns about herself over the year, and she learns through trying to be her sister how to be her own person. Laurel learns that she needs to stop holding things in so that she can finally live her life the way she wants to.
This is a book that touched me in so many ways, honestly I want everyone to read this book, just to feel the depth of emotions that Ava has written here. A beautiful book with interesting characters, ones who are flawed and they are trying their best to get through life and hoping for the best.
Release Date: April 1, 2014
Buy From Amazon.ca / Buy From Chapters.ca /
Buy From BookDepository.com
Goodreads Synopsis:
It begins as an assignment for English class: Write a letter to a dead person.
My Review:
I absolutely adored this book, there is so much raw emotion flowing through the pages that you can't help but feel for Laurel. In her writing to all these dead people, Laurel eventually comes to terms with her sister's death, and finally lets out the truth of what happened to May.
Through the letters, readers can really see how Laurel is struggling with the aftermath of what happened to her sister, and she is trying to right a lot of things in her life. Ava Dellaira has a special way with words that you really believe this story and can see someone really letting things out in letters that will never be sent. Laurel writes to people who in a way have affected her life, through their movies and their music she grows and makes new friends.
Laurel is definitely a damaged person and you can see that in the way she writes her letters, not only has she lost her sister but it feels like she has lost her mother as well. No one is the same and they are all grieving in different ways. I really love how Laurel grows and learns about herself over the year, and she learns through trying to be her sister how to be her own person. Laurel learns that she needs to stop holding things in so that she can finally live her life the way she wants to.
This is a book that touched me in so many ways, honestly I want everyone to read this book, just to feel the depth of emotions that Ava has written here. A beautiful book with interesting characters, ones who are flawed and they are trying their best to get through life and hoping for the best.
OMG the synopsis. I'm absolutely hooked. Great review.
ReplyDeleteI absolutely loved this book as well. Great review!
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