This was an interesting read. I had a hard time following what was going on in the beginning (maybe that was working as intended) and as the story developed I found myself more and more invested. Loved the little magic and the strong female characters.
This is exactly the kind of book I love to read. It makes my heart full and allows me to fall into a story that helps me forget about life even if momentarily. Loved it so very much.
A super interesting book centered around the idea of a pandemic where the people who get sick and recover become deeply content and start shedding/donating etc their worldly possessions. There’s a lot of interesting and thought-provoking ideas here around what it means to be happy, can society survive if everyone is compassionate and giving? What if some are and some aren’t? What’s moral and can you sacrifice some to save many? and so much more. Shusterman is an exquisite author and this book is no exception.
with gratitude to netgalley for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.
I am not going to rate this book. I know many loved it and I kept trying and trying but after getting 60+% through this VERY LONG book, I am so so done. Not the book for me. Too much drama, not enough character development.
We added corn to this, too. We didn’t have any frozen peas so we used canned which just don’t taste as good. But it was still really tasty. I paired it with the meatballs I’d made during my first week.