3.5
Finally got around to reading this after so many years of having gotten it recommended. Unfortunately I didn’t love this as much as I’d hoped, but it’s still a wonderful story!

I think I struggled to tune in to the narration, especially in the audiobook, and I suspect that this contributed to me not all-round feeling it as deeply as I’d hoped. My emotional register regarding fiction is somewhat of a curiosity; I can be relatively unfazed by things that are clearly meant to be sad, but can in return cry my heart out at the strangest small elements of the story… Saying that, I definitely understand why this book has managed to sway so many people. I like to imagine parents reading it with their teenageish children and the meaningful conversations it could lead to.

I watched the movie adaptation as well and feel like both the book and movie have their strengths and weaknesses. On another note, I gotta admit that I got quite distracted by constantly seeing Barbossa instead of Hans Hubermann xD