Vanessa reviewed Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter
Review of 'Beautiful Ruins' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
This was a really beautiful book. I read it quickly, despite feeling like there were some lulls (perhaps only in comparison to the highs, though). And I ended up feeling like the Deane party feels at the end of Lydia's play:
"some kind of completion -- and in the rush of applause they feel, too, the explorer's serendipity: the accidental, cathartic discovery of oneself. In the midst of this release, Michael leans over to Claire and whispers again, 'Did you see that?'"