Asma Asad

I finished it pretty quickly as it is a poetry book & I like to binge anything & everything. (14 July 2024) This book explores many themes like trauma, healing, love, etc. I could relate to many of the pages & I loved how everything was written in a way that you could feel it. For me, I felt things I hadn’t even been through & whilst reading some of the pages, I revisited days and feelings that I’d stowed away in the back of my mind. Honestly, it was great. It’s up to you though, how you take it. I read it while I was in recovery after the worst point of my life so it was just soothing. You will take a few things out of that book or they’ll just stick with you involuntarily, but you won’t regret reading it. 🫶

I randomly found this novel while I was on vacation in a forgotten drawer. It was covered in a patchy layer of dust. I wiped it down and spent ALL day reading it. I finished it the day I started reading it and found that I never willingly put it down once until I was done. In my opinion, it was a GREAT book. There was character development, strong connection, survival, etc. Racism is a sensitive topic and I think this book did a great job addressing it..aside from some of the things Philip thought in the beginning, I absolutely loved his character development. It wasn’t boring at all to me, it was short, bittersweet, heartwarming and a little humorous at times. I think the ending was satisfactory & I loved Timothy & the cat so much as characters. Honestly the only criticism I have for this book is the cover that I was stuck with..where Timothy was illustrated with no pigment except black and GREEN. Fortunately, this isn’t a problem for most as there are many more beautiful covers for this book out there. (The copy I have was given to my brother six years ago by his school.) I’m glad I found this book but I’m going to end this review here & just ask you to please read it if you haven’t already. 🫶 I hope you’ll love it as much as I do!