Far From Here by Nicole Baart
Howard Books -
February 7, 2012
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Source: Libby Reed
from Howard Books for review
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This is not the style of writing
that I am used to. It is slow and eloquent. It is as if I am about to step into
a body of freezing water but first I have to stop and admire the beauty that
encompasses me. It is beautiful in an aching kind of way. At a quarter of the
way through it feels as if I have spent half a lifetime with Dani and El. This
is a beautifully written story about a heartbreak so deep and haunting you
don’t know whether to prepare yourself for a sad ending that was predicted from
page one or to hold onto the irrational hope for a happy ending. I have made it
through the entire and for a moment I was left speechless. It is all about how
to go on when you don’t know how to go on. Dani and El was entwind with each
other’s life that it seems that there wasn’t life before they found each other.
How do you make it through a loss so bitter and so bone-crushing deep? This is
a story about heartache and loss, but mostly it’s a story about surviving.
I wasn’t
sure if I was holding out for the sad news that he’s never coming back or for
the good news that there was life after. I found myself holding my breath,
holding out hope for Dani. Far From Here
has everything in it: heart stopping action (though maybe it was just me being
caught in the story. And it is a totally different type of action than most
people would imagine), a love that transcends, betrayal, hope and a new
beginning. It was beautiful. It was sad. It was
uplifting. It was funny. It was so much more than I thought it would. The characters are well developed, I was able
to imagine them in my head as I read along. More than that, they came to life.
I know this is a work of fiction but I feel as if I know the characters and
they have opened a window revealing their stumbling, dysfunctional, awkward and
funny attempts at connecting to each other. The emotions were raw, real and
almost tangible.
To be
honest, if I was in a bookstore and came across this book I would have picked
it up and read the back cover. I would have opened it and read the first page.
Then I would have set it back on its shelf and kept moving. Maybe I would have thought about it again if
I read about it on a blog or something, if not this book would be totally
forgotten. But that would have been a tremendous loss for me. I read
everything, but this book would have sounded too fluffy to me, at least in the beginning. But I am glad that I have it, I am glad for
the opportunity to step out of my norm to find out fluffy isn’t the best
description, rhythmic and soothing are a better fit. What a beautiful, beautiful book.
Definitely worth reading
A copy of this book was provided free of charge, in exchange for my honest review.
Always Shine,
Starr K
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