Good Book Wished to know artist name. Reminded me of Sats at the Art institute of Chicago.

Such beautiful storytelling. Character driven narrative. Ingenious sensitivity between the voices. A perfect work of art.

OMG I LOVE THIS BOOK! This book is magical - for me at least. It seems like almost every page has meaningful, insight into life. As told to main character Louisa- herself a troubled teen, It deals with teenagers and the coming of age . It confronts poverty and abuse and the way it can shape a life. Most of all it deals with friendship and the life line that it can become. It also tells us how Art can transform lives. It tells how there is beauty to be found all around us if we see it. One of the main characters’ is a painting’The One of the Sea’-but it’s really a painting of Joar, Ted , Ali , and the Artist (Kimkim )- the friends. They are 14-15 year olds who have tough lives. Their one joy is their time together. The Art the Artist creates binds them together forever. The Artist signs his work C.JAT

Great read… something wonderful in days like now to see how a little encouragement can make such a difference in a young person or less fortunate persons life. Great read.

Please let this be your next book. I’m forever changed…

This is a book that draws you in, a little and a lot at a time. Sometimes you may say to yourself, that you just can’t read it anymore. Then you pick it up and start reading it again. You fall in love with the characters, and then by the time you get to the end, you just more….. At least that is what happened to me.

Damn.

Heart achingly real and should never be made into a movie because it would never measure up.

Once in a while an author comes along who hits a nerve with every book he or she writes. Thanks again Frederick Backman!

Tedious and excruciatingly slow and one dimensional . A 200 page story disguised in a 650 page book. So sorry to have wasted my time.