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A review by presleymarie85
Other Birds by Sarah Addison Allen
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
"Stories aren’t fiction. Stories are fabric. They’re the white sheets we drape over our ghosts so we can see them."
Other Birds by Sarah Addison Allen is going to be one of those books that it is either a HIT with the
reader, or it is a miss. Luckily for me and liking magical realism, this book was a HIT. Sarah Addison Allen does an amazing job drawing the emotions out of the reader through charming and well written characters, as well as a plot that deals with grief and the process of letting, will leave the reader filled with emotion.
In other Birds the reader is introduced to our main antagonist Zoey, who during the summer before starting college, moves into her deceased mothers flat, at The Del A Wisp. A hidden apartment complex full of a motley crew of characters. You have the Lime sisters, newly deceased Lizabeth who in particular hates her older sister Lucy, who you never see, but who always sees you. Charlotte a young woman with ghosts from her past that despite her running from, still haunt her. Mac the burley red headed chef who has been at the Del A Wisp the longest behind the Lime sisters, who also is being haunted by a ghost he doesn't know if he is ready to let go of. And of course the enigmatic owner of the Del A Wisp and local author and legend Roscoe F. Avanger, who ties them all together to the Del A Wisp.
She stared at the motley crew gathered in the parking lot—the magically large redheaded man, the blond woman with her painted skin, the beautiful green-eyed boy, and the famous writer with his Rip van Winkle beard. Her family.
It may sound like a ghost story of a novel, but really the main theme is letting go. How holding onto grief to keep those around, only stops us from moving forward. Deeply rich with writing and character building, Other Birds is one book anyone who is looking to let go of a ghost should read. At times Other Birds can be slow, but once the climax is revealed the story gets it's second wind to the end.
Other Birds by Sarah Addison Allen is going to be one of those books that it is either a HIT with the
reader, or it is a miss. Luckily for me and liking magical realism, this book was a HIT. Sarah Addison Allen does an amazing job drawing the emotions out of the reader through charming and well written characters, as well as a plot that deals with grief and the process of letting, will leave the reader filled with emotion.
In other Birds the reader is introduced to our main antagonist Zoey, who during the summer before starting college, moves into her deceased mothers flat, at The Del A Wisp. A hidden apartment complex full of a motley crew of characters. You have the Lime sisters, newly deceased Lizabeth who in particular hates her older sister Lucy, who you never see, but who always sees you. Charlotte a young woman with ghosts from her past that despite her running from, still haunt her. Mac the burley red headed chef who has been at the Del A Wisp the longest behind the Lime sisters, who also is being haunted by a ghost he doesn't know if he is ready to let go of. And of course the enigmatic owner of the Del A Wisp and local author and legend Roscoe F. Avanger, who ties them all together to the Del A Wisp.
She stared at the motley crew gathered in the parking lot—the magically large redheaded man, the blond woman with her painted skin, the beautiful green-eyed boy, and the famous writer with his Rip van Winkle beard. Her family.
It may sound like a ghost story of a novel, but really the main theme is letting go. How holding onto grief to keep those around, only stops us from moving forward. Deeply rich with writing and character building, Other Birds is one book anyone who is looking to let go of a ghost should read. At times Other Birds can be slow, but once the climax is revealed the story gets it's second wind to the end.