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Story and narration are top notch! This novel touched my heart. May we all release our stones.

The story of a long, complicated, messy, beautiful and profoundly exquisite life. I will miss these characters

I loved it because it was so unique. it was lovely. I’m going to sit down and write a letter.

What a gorgeous novel! I’ve never read a book with this format before, and I thought it really worked, especially with the different narrators. Such complex characters with such often heartbreaking backstories.

I absolutely loved this story. Some books are meant to be read… and some are meant to be heard. This is one of those books. The narration brought the letters to life in such a powerful way. The characters felt real and layered, and I loved how their voices intertwined. The way the letters and..

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The deliberance of the narration was very good Found the repetitiveness of the addresses tiring

Brilliant story and great narration! Sybil Van Antwerp is an amazing protagonist! The characters all feel so real and genuine. Didn’t want this one to end.

Wow. I loved this book. And yet it was so sad. I found myself lying on my bed, coloring in my adult coloring book while deeply engaged in the story. I was invited as a guest to a book club, I’ve never been to one. And this is the book they were reading. At first,..

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This book is brilliant- unique, engaging, and incredibly effective. I never write reviews but this book deserves every 5-star one it receives; it will stay with me for a while, I am certain.

The novel is outstanding and unique. When I asked ChatGPT to contrast “The Correspondent” with other epistolary works it noted: (1) This novel focuses on a single consciousness, (2) It is reflective rather than suspense-driven, (3) It plays with absence, (4) It feels contemporary in emotional structure. In short: The Correspondent uses letters to reveal..

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