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This is beautiful historical fiction; Lewis loses his beloved mother at 10 years old, not long after he had to get to know his father who had been away fighting in WWII for four years, during which time it was just him and Lizzie. As I‘ve said before a mother/son story is going to get me every time! This then takes a turn towards the dark, then gets darker, and you hate it yet can‘t look away at the same time. As good as I remembered 👇

A haunting and tragic tale of how we seek to help each other heal brokenness. Poor Lewis watches his mom drown at only 9 years old and endures an emotionally unavailable father who remarried within the same year and sends him off to boarding school. Sweet kit has always loved Lewis but has her own travesty with an abusive father. characters who feel incomplete continuously seek out broken souls to help fill their void. So sad, but beautiful prose.

I completed this book long back. To be very honest I expected so so much from this book, this is because I've heard of it so much. Throughout the whole book I kept on thinking that this is just the build up and there would be an amazing climax. But to my disappointment, the climax was pretty normal. Some quotes from the book are nice, but I won't recommend it personally.
3/5🌟

I loved everything about this book! It‘s brilliantly written, cleverly plotted and the characters are flawed, complex and believable

I really enjoyed the writing. Great atmosphere.