![]() ![]() There are passages that are beautiful and moving, but the tone is quite a bit darker and more serious. If you liked McCammon's whimsy, humor, light heartedness, or magical realism you won't find any of those in Ordinary Grace. Which brings me to my next point of this is a much darker book than Boy's Life. This is much more to the point and focused on the protagonist growing up amongst an upheaval of death and family struggles. First of all Ordinary Grace is quite a bit shorter so a lot of slice of life stuff of 13 year old kids in the summer is not going to be present here. I do think it's important to acknowledge though if you go in expecting Boy's Life 2.0 you may be disappointed. Those things are certain to be enough to draw in Boy's Life and fans of Stephen King's The Body (or Stand By Me if you're a movie person). ![]() Both books involve a type of murder mystery. ![]() Both books are told from the POV of a 12-13 year old boy in the summer of 1961. Let's get into it.įirst of all I definitely see why the comparison is drawn here. Of course, the down side of that is when you set up a comparison with one of my favorite books of all time it's going to be pretty rough on the book being compared to it. This book was sold to me with the pitch of "If you're a fan of Boy's Life by Robert McCammon this is a book that has similar vibes." Well Boy's Life is one of my favorite books of all time so that caught my attention. ![]()
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