(I received this book for free as part of Goodreads First Reads giveaways).
(This review may contain spoilers).
Not being Catholic myself (though I’m a Christian), there are, I have to admit, quite a few things about the Catholic faith that I don’t agree with. I’m not going to talk about that here, save to say that I still found this book to be a really moving one, despite disagreeing with a lot of the aspects of Catholic Christianity.
I found it really easy to relate to Rose in this book. I felt bad for the relationship she had with her mother and how she still tried to be a good daughter, despite not understanding why her mother was so reluctant to spend time with her.
I also particularly liked Raphael in this book. Rose’s friendship with him was one of the sweeter things here, at least in my opinion.
The illustrations in this book were really good as well. Although some of them were a little bit strange towards the end, there were a good amount that worked really well within the course of the story. And the illustration on the front cover was done particularly well, too.
I did also like the poems used in the book. The ending was a bit emotional and I found the book, on the whole, to be really well-written. It’s not the sort of book a non-Christian would enjoy, but I personally found it very moving.
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