the strange and beautiful sorrows of ava lavender summary

The pacing was very slow, so you need patience but I think it was worth it because I enjoyed reading the last few chapters – couldn’t put it down. But at the same time, I just want an author to tell me the story without adding too much poetry because I do tend to get bored. I appreciate the imagery and the metaphors used in the writing.

One of the most beautiful books I’ve read. I sometimes wonder how Ava knows absolutely everything that happened in her family because she’s narrating it.Ībout the writing – it was absolutely beautiful and poetic. I felt like it wasn’t about Ava, until the last 30% of the book. You’ll know why if you’ve read it.Ībout the characters – I had no attachment to them and didn’t feel very invested. Viviane (Emilienne’s daughter) on the other hand… I found her quite pathetic. She fell in love three times before she got married but I got the impression that she didn’t exactly ‘love’ her husband, she only said she’d take good care of him. She just decided to move on with her life in Seattle. It seems like tragic love stories run in the Roux/Lavender family, and I don’t know about you, it found it quite amazing on how Emilienne dealt with death. Not an angel’s because it’s brown, instead of white. Three main women in this generation have strange ‘gifts.’ For starters, Emilienne can see ghosts, Viviane has a strong smell sense and the obvious one, Ava has a bird’s wings. Strange things start happening in the Roux family, following the death of Ava’s great grandfather. I was only 2 chapters in and I already found it very tragic. It is definitely one of the best openings I’ve read in a book, which hasn’t been many to date. But I knew the truth-deep down, I always did. To my grandmother, I was a daily reminder of loves long lost. To my great misfortune, I was once mistaken for an angel. Some considered me a monster, a mutation.

“To many, I was myth incarnate, the embodiment of a most superb legend, a fairy tale. What does this say about me? That I really need to start reading better books this year! Walton’s opening sentence was fantastic and it drew me in. There are very little authors I’ve read that have written an EPIC opening paragraphs in their books. This is because, very strangely, Ava is born with wings and therefore she traces her family history to find out why she was born this way. Its not exactly about Ava at all, it mostly revolves on her family tree, more than herself. The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender is exactly as the title suggests – a very strange and quite a magical book. Genre: Magical Realism, contemporary, young adult

The strange and beautiful sorrows of ava lavender summary