Title: The Solitude of Prime Numbers
Author: Paolo Giordano
Date Read: 11.July.2012
On TBR for: 397 days (or 1 year, 1 month and 1 day. Also 397 is prime)
Format: Mass trade paperback
Source: Bought at a bookfair: Feira do livro do Porto 2011
Challenges: 2012 Outdo Yourself, Off the Shelf 2012
Before beginning the review proper, I'll just leave this gif here because it's relevant:
The Solitude of Prime Numbers tells us the stories of Alice and Mattia, from when they were young and something tragic happened to each of them, to how they grew, met, and went their own ways. They are pretty lonesome people, they have their own quirks and weirdness about them, which means that this is not a happy sort of book.
Yet it is a good book. Maybe it's the way these stories, or episodes of two lives, are told which makes it quite easy to turn each page, wanting to know more. Maybe it's the fact that some part of me can't help but relate with the solitude of these two characters. The writing is both beautiful and simple (I would say beautifully simple), but manages to convey how different, and sometimes how desperate both Alice and Mattia are. And since we follow them since early childhood into adulthood, we see how they change, how they grow (or do not grow), and how some choices can have repercussions for the rest of a life.
I confess that the reason I was drawn to this book was its title. It's nerdy and quirky, quite up my alley. And I am glad I did end up reading it. Maybe not the most cheerful of reads, but it's a good and enjoyable one.
Rating: 4 out of 5
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