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br3nda 's review for:
The Heart of Winter
by Jonathan Evison
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I don't really know what it was that I loved about this book. Maybe the writing, which was well done. Maybe the two main characters, but I didn't really very much like them, but I loved their commitment to each other. Maybe because they are over 50 and not enough books are about characters over 50. Maybe that it was just a story about the love of two people which is strong enough to live a whole life together with all the human mistakes and difficulties, joy and love, good and bad and everything in-between and be content with each other and what they have and the choices they made. There just is not enough of that in this world.
Two of my fav quotes from the story:
Two of my fav quotes from the story:
How did we make it work in spite of all these differences? The answer is acceptance and patience and yes, sometimes compromise. What we call balance is not always symmetry. Sometimes we need a compliment, a contradiction, a counterpoint to be our best selves.” Here Ruth hazard another look around the whole gathering, until her eyes landed directly on Abe where she managed to quell an emotional uprising, but just barely. “Sweetie,” said Ruth, looking into his face. “I just want to thank you for being my counterpoint.”
Ruth squeezed Abe’s hand a little tighter. To hold his hand was to be felt. To be tethered to something solid amidst the vast confusion of the universe.
Ruth squeezed Abe’s hand a little tighter. To hold his hand was to be felt. To be tethered to something solid amidst the vast confusion of the universe.