Excellent reading. Read it in 2 days. Couldn’t stop.

I couldn’t put it down…I read it in 2 days!

I lived with these people as I read this book. They were so alive to me. I have been through a lot in my eight years and these events were some that I have experienced. Death is difficult for us all to deal with. I felt it an amazing the intuitiveness of the writing. I did not speak much for one year after my mother died at age sixteen. I lived through my thoughts and events again through this book. It was a good thing.

Loved every chapter of this book!!

For some reason this was a slow start for me. But once it hit me, I couldn’t put it down. I could truly capture the emotions of everyone in the family and how they fed off each other, but it was a beautiful depiction of how grief looks different for EVERYBODY!! And, for some, there are patient loved ones awaiting, and for some their own “Grace” may appear!

One of the most gripping of Kristen Hannah’s novels and will leave a myriad of feelings long after this critique. The characters were real, the high school antics and parties just as dangerous as they sounded, and the distress of those characters touched by the loss of one was palpable. It is a book filled with joy, terror, loss, and rebuilding and I highly, highly recommend it. Whew.

Many of Kristen’s books are hard to read because of the impossibly difficult lives of the women she honors for their strength and resilience. This one is an easier read, but no less impactful. I loved the book. So touching to my soul.

Liked her other books better.

Great book! This story begins with an unthinkable tragedy. Through vivid story telling,we feel the characters raw emotions of pain and grief. But it is also a story of the beauty of living again, courage to love and forgive. I loved it and think most readers will.

Loved this book. Couldn’t put it down. Full of so many emotions and lessons to learn!