Reviews and Comments

I try to read all the books I give as holiday gifts, so this is one. I enjoyed reading it. I had thought I would give to my oldest son, but changed my mind mid-read and gave it to my partners son instead (I did a lot of book shuffling this year to try to match the book with person). It was an interesting story, and felt successfully "of the recent moment" which is not easy, also good character development—at least I wanted to know them. Very sweet in the end.

I haven't posted here in a bit, I'm about 12 books past this and honestly it took me a serious brain jog to even remember what the book was about. I liked it, but wanted to like it more. It got tangled up in itself, it was a interesting premise with good writing...but it did not amount to very much because it seemed to not know what to do with the clever premise and interesting characters. Less would have been more, I think.

The style of the writing is well-suited to the point of view of a young teenager growing up in Poland circa 1980-90. The metaphor of "unripe fruit" as a way of describing lives that have not thrived or reached a potential or even a maturity, will stay with me.

Started this a while ago, it was my "bus commute" read. But then I got sick and have been working from home for a over a week, so got distracted with other books. I will now finish my "bus commute" read on the couch.