4,5/5 —

Touching. I didn't think I would have liked it as much as I did. I was happily surprised.
I would have loved to see a little bit more of Declan and Holly, and also Mrs Li. But it was already really good. David has my little heart, he's adorable !
I really enjoyed reading this book, and I somehow find a lot of myself in Mel.

4/5 —

Adorable.

4/5 —

It was just really cute. I loved the characters and how the story was developed throughout the book. Cute, awkward, sweet, intense too sometimes. I loved it.

4/5 —

That was a predictable but really cute read !

5/5

« She was the book thief without the word. Trust me, though, the words were on their way, and when they arrived, Liesel would hold them in her hands like the clouds, and she would wring them out, like the rain. »

J'ai adoré de bout en bout. C'était poignant, touchant, émouvant, mais aussi drôle à certains moments. C'est l'un de mes nouveaux livres favoris, et l'une des lectures que j'ai préféré cette année. J'avoue avoir pas mal hésité, notamment au vu de sa popularité (sur de nombreux livres, j'ai tendance à ne pas partager l'enthousiasme général). Mais je suis ravie d'avoir sauté le pas, les premières pages m'ayant quasiment transportées aussitôt. Tous les personnages sont attachants: Liesel, bien évidemment, Rudy (qui est probablement l'un de mes préférés), Hans, Max ou encore Rosa.

La Mort est aussi un personnage particulièrement attachant et intéressant, et j'ai aimé avoir l'histoire racontée de son point de vue.

« Even death has a heart »

Mais la Mort est aussi cruelle, et elle le prouve à plusieurs reprises, d'une façon assez étonnante, et notamment au début de la partie 10. Mais même malgré cette apparente cruauté, il en découle une certaine beauté, mais aussi un certain attachement aux personnages.
Mais je n'en dirais pas plus.

[lu en version originale]

— 5 stars —

Poignant. Intense. Heartbreaking.
This book destroyed me.

TW: child abuse, mental illness

I felt scared. I felt angry. I felt trapped, unable to escape. I felt what Beck was feeling. I cried.
And I loved every second of it.

Beck, I love you. You’re so precious and you deserve the world.
All the characters are incredible, don’t get me wrong. But Beck... He is something else. Joey is the little sister I would have loved to have (I only have little brothers, so). Beck's relationship with her is the best. I'll do anything for her, and I love it.
I would have loved to know a bit more about this little sunshine that is August, or even the Maestro and her background, how she ended up being the way she is, but that wasn't the story, so that's fine.
I still loved the book.

His relationship with music and the piano was interesting and I kept wanting more. As much as he hates this music he was forced to play, as much as he loathed it with everything he had, all I wanted to was hear him and see him play.
Play Chopin, Rachmaninoff and others. Play the piece he played at the concert hall,

when the notes left him

. Play the song he

composed for August, the same thatmade him bled, and break down, when he poured everything in his music because he felt too much

. How the emotions were described, the responses after his public performances, everything. Everything made me want to hear him play.

The end was raw and real. It made me love the book even more.

— 4 stars —

All I can think about right now, is how I understand Audrey, and how the way it ended was so refreshing. Some moments deeply broke my heart.

It was a surprise for me to like this one. I liked the synopsis and was intrigued by it, but after starting the first few chapters, I thought it was pretty... meh. Eventually, I found my pace with the story, became more and more captivated and I ended up really enjoying it.

It was just real. Relatable. Raw and true to life.
I am left with so many questions.
But that was such good read.