In 3: โFriendship in words.โ
โฐ ๐๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ: Ahhhโฆ werenโt we all? Theo and Joel have a long history, all the way back to high school where they promised one day to hike the Thames Path together. But then they never spokeโฆ until now at age 30. Joel seems the epitome of success while Theo is its antithesis. But Joel is hiding a secret – the reason he truly wants to spend time with Theo. Can a simple trip mend the damaged fences of friendship?
๐ก๐๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ: This is the book more people should be talking about. How is NOONE talking about this? Letโs talk about this!
So many feels with this book – mostly because of the intense and accurate depths of Theo and Joelโs friendship – secrets from long ago well up, animosities are voiced, yet that same laughter and camaraderie from days gone by is there. It reminds me of long lost friendships of my ownโฆ
The character development of the two is the magic of this novel with themes of how friendship ends and renews along with the pain that friendship sometimes encompasses.
Take the journey with Theo and Joel.
๐๐น๐น ๐บ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐น๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ด๐.๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฝ๐๐ฏ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป.
๐๐๐๐ง๐ซ๐: Contemporary Fiction
๐๐๐๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ: Anyone looking to FEEL a book right now.
๐ โโ๏ธ ๐๐จ๐ญ ๐ซ๐๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ: Some themes of abuse, but nothing too jarring, but that might turn a reader away.
Thank you to the author, NetGalley and G.P. Putnamโs Sons for my advanced copy in exchange for my always-honest review and for making me hug my bestie of 30 yrs.
