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Small Things Like These is proof that a story doesn’t need many pages to be both thought-provoking and deeply engaging. The author writes with a deft hand, inviting the reader to dwell on the idea of kindness and the power of one person to make a difference, even when the systems in place seem designed to prevent it.
I found myself wishing the book were longer, as there’s so much more to explore in the lives of the characters we meet only briefly. Still, I understand that with a spare, quiet tale such as this, part of its strength lies in what is left unsaid. The brevity allows readers to linger, to imagine the fuller backstory for themselves, and to wrestle with how we might respond when confronted with clear injustice.
Small Things Like These is proof that a story doesn’t need many pages to be both thought-provoking and deeply engaging. The author writes with a deft hand, inviting the reader to dwell on the idea of kindness and the power of one person to make a difference, even when the systems in place seem designed to prevent it.
I found myself wishing the book were longer, as there’s so much more to explore in the lives of the characters we meet only briefly. Still, I understand that with a spare, quiet tale such as this, part of its strength lies in what is left unsaid. The brevity allows readers to linger, to imagine the fuller backstory for themselves, and to wrestle with how we might respond when confronted with clear injustice.