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A review by chaoticmissadventures
Forgotten on Sunday by Valérie Perrin
4.0
I really enjoyed this, but I liked Fresh Water better which was annoying as I kept thinking about that one and how it compares. Both of them have super short chapters which I am not a fan of. This one felt like it jumped around a lot more. With many storylines going at the same time, while each are interesting I never felt like I could completely fall into one. Almost felt like the book itself had ADHD, never really completing a thought before on to something else and then back again.
Overall, even with the scatteredness, I enjoyed the stories and characters; Justine was a sympathetic and lovely young person to follow, and I loved how she cared for the elderly. I really enjoyed the idea of someone calling the families who didn't visit their relatives and telling them they had passed and getting the families to come visit. This is such a western issue, so sad for the people who have been shoved into homes while their loved ones never think of them again (for the good parents, if the parent is abusive well that is another book)
One subject that had me googling dyslexia and braille which I have never considered before. Very interesting (and sad) that it isn't only sight that dyslexia affects, people with dyslexia also have trouble with felt words.
(Disability rep - blindness, dyslexia, people in nursing homes)
Overall, even with the scatteredness, I enjoyed the stories and characters; Justine was a sympathetic and lovely young person to follow, and I loved how she cared for the elderly. I really enjoyed the idea of someone calling the families who didn't visit their relatives and telling them they had passed and getting the families to come visit. This is such a western issue, so sad for the people who have been shoved into homes while their loved ones never think of them again (for the good parents, if the parent is abusive well that is another book)
One subject that had me googling dyslexia and braille which I have never considered before. Very interesting (and sad) that it isn't only sight that dyslexia affects, people with dyslexia also have trouble with felt words.
(Disability rep - blindness, dyslexia, people in nursing homes)