My book review on A Town Called Solace

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I’ve just finished reading the book.Actually I bought it in Nov or Dec, 2022 or so, it was on the list of the 2021 Book Prize . I bought it with the intention of improving my English and also of enhancing my ability in reading comprehension. I’ve read some English books before, like Shining by Stephen King, Gone girl which was adapted into a movie, The Joy Luck Club written by a Chinese writer, Everything I Never Told you and some young adult readings like Flipped, Walk Two Moons and so on. At a beginner I had to read some books whose themes or backgrounds I was familiar with, then I turned to read stories with unfamiliar themes, like this one: A Town Called Solace. I read some free pages of two or three on the website and decided to buy it. As usual I felt bored in reading the first one third of the book which focuses on introducing the background and some characters of the story, the book was written from different characters’ perspectives, each chapter was part of the story told by different character, that’s very interesting , like a puzzle game, you collect different information together and you can see how different characters feel on the same issue. But it still took me 3 years to finish reading the book, for I tried many times to continue reading it in the three years when I have many different excuses. It was yesterday when I tried again to read it I came to the chapter where the story astonished me , that was where I kept reading and finished it. The story is very touching and moving. The town , Solace, is the place where different characters struggle and find peace and love, some find love, some find being cared, some find peace. It’s just like a comfort to readers too. The whole story starts from Clara, an 8-year-old girl ,who desperately wants her missing sister back, and ends with Moses, the cat which was believed a lie Clara told, turned itself up, which I believe as a metaphor of “love exists, you can believe it.” The story is neatly told with beautiful and touching words, it is art with the beauty of the language of English as well as of the beautiful and elegant writer. I recommend you read it.