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I have recently read the widely-celebrated The Correspondent by Virginia Evans. 📖
I think I belong to the rare group of readers that simply found it mild. Underwhelming, if you will.
My expectations for this novel were high, and not just because of the current 4.4 ranking on Goodreads (based off of 811,120 ratings).
I fell in love with the premise, and I will be the first one to admit that I am a sucker for epistolary novels, but I struggled to get into and through it.
Nevertheless, The Correspondent made me pause and think—of Sybil Van Antwerp and her life, of the importance of accepting yourself and all the imperfections and mistakes you carry, and of letters we rarely write and send today.
To read the whole (slightly unusual) review, visit the link in my bio ✉️
I think I belong to the rare group of readers that simply found it mild. Underwhelming, if you will.
My expectations for this novel were high, and not just because of the current 4.4 ranking on Goodreads (based off of 811,120 ratings).
I fell in love with the premise, and I will be the first one to admit that I am a sucker for epistolary novels, but I struggled to get into and through it.
Nevertheless, The Correspondent made me pause and think—of Sybil Van Antwerp and her life, of the importance of accepting yourself and all the imperfections and mistakes you carry, and of letters we rarely write and send today.
To read the whole (slightly unusual) review, visit the link in my bio ✉️
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