TW read The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry really quickly and when she finished she said “THIS WAS A HORRIBLE BAD BOOK.” which confused me because I’ve only heard good things about it. Comparisons to the Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society and The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry led me to believe it should be a very good book.
I almost didn’t read it because she seemed very serious about hating the book.
Turns out she hated it because it is a heart-breaker, emotion-pulling book and not because it is bad.
At page 64 I said, I should really just put this book down before it breaks my heart… but I didn’t. I read it straight through and loved it.
Read it — but at page 64 you still have time to change your mind.