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A review by booksaremysoulmates
Das Leben in Nuancen by Chloë Ashby
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
4.0
Again one of these books that I went into completely blind, which is my favorite way to start a book. Chloe Ashby really has a way with words, I absolutely loved her writing in this book. It really helped me to get into the story and really feel like I was there with the main character, right there by her side. Also I think that the way she wrote the book really helped to get the story across without being too triggering, at least for me BUT please still check the trigger warnings before starting this book. It‘s about a woman in her mid/late twenties that had to deal with a some trauma in the past and talks about how she copes with it and honestly it felt like such a real presentation of how people can deal with stuff like that. It felt like she didn‘t really „cope“ with anything at the start of the book which is the truth for so many people out there because we sometimes don‘t know how to cope, so we just continue to live on and function without addressing the trauma and help we actually need. I don‘t want to say much more since I don‘t want to spoil to much about this BUT I really related to the main character in some ways and I think stories like these are important to write to maybe start a conversation even though I still would‘ve liked the end to be different or at least longer because I just wanted to see how it continues with her. It was also a little confusing at the time but that‘s because I feel like in her head it must be confusing for her a lot and that’s what made it so believable, at least for me if that makes sense. Anyway, I‘d recommend this book to anyone that can handle the triggers in the book.
Triggers: suicide, suicide attempt, alcoholism, rape