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zooloo1983
Written on Sep 23, 2018
What we have here with this book is the most beautifully told love story, but at the same time you have your heart ripped out in two and stomped on, well I did. I can’t stop crying. It has all the feels and so much more and one of the most breathtaking pieces of writing I have ever read. I will be shouting about this book for such a long time from all the rooftops for the entire world to hear. I can not express enough, and I say it again, how beautiful this story is.
This story is going to be staying with me for a while, and my god this NEEDS AND MUST be made for the big screen, I would bring about 10 man size boxes of tissues to get me through it but it would be amazing to see this play out.
Set in the different times and places, we come into the world of Andrew and Ben. Opening up the book, we are transported to the idyllic sunrise that Ben has the opportunity to experience being on a lion reserve in Zimbabwe. He is running away from his problems and not addressing them. But what are these problems? What happened with Ben and Andrew? Why are they not together? We are given snippets throughout just enough to tease to the reader to keep you reading. I couldn’t put this book down, and I never wanted it to end.
The scenery of Zimbabwe was absolutely breathtaking, I would love to be there everyday experiencing that sunrise just like Ben did. It is a stark contrast to the past/future of Hull when we are taken back.
I’m not going to talk too much about the plot, because I don’t want to do it a disservice especially to anyone who is going to pick this up. You have read the blurb and that is enough to get you started, plus I might just sit here and blub and nothing.
I could not think of one character I did not like in this book, even the one you aren’t meant to like because at the end what did it matter. They all had a journey to go on, and their own conclusions to get there, the one thing that this book resonated deeply is that family is everything.
It is just so magical, to think that someone could take you on an adventure into the unknown and feel so attached and protective of two fictional people. But this book does this to you, I wanted to wrap both Ben and Andrew up in cotton wool and occasionally hit their heads together. They are my happy place, end of. So together, in the moment with each other despite the obstacles they faced. What was there not to love about them?
Just do not get me started on that Wish box! Feel the tears already…….
This book should come with a tissue warning because you need them and in the last few chapters, you will need a box or two. I was crying that much that my little lady comes up to me and gave me a hug and told me it will be ok and not to cry. Well, that makes it bloody worse…I promise I have stopped crying now, just something in my eye……..emotional wreck over here.