The Summer That Melted Everything

The Summer That Melted Everything

Hardback
4.57

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Fielding Bliss has never forgotten the long, crazy summer of 1984 when a heat wave scorched Breathed, Ohio. It was the year he became friends with the devil.Sal seems to appear out of nowhere--a bruised and tattered thirteen-year-old boy claiming to be the devil himself answering an invitation. Fielding Bliss, the son of a local prosecutor, brings him home, where he's welcomed into the Bliss family, assuming he's a runaway from a nearby farm town.When word spreads that the devil has come to Breathed, not everyone is happy to welcome this self-proclaimed fallen angel. Murmurs follow him and tensions rise along with the temperatures, as an unbearable heat wave rolls into town right along with him. As strange accidents start to occur, riled by the feverish heat, some in the town start to believe that Sal is exactly who he claims to be. While the Bliss family wrestles with their own personal demons, a fanatic drives the town to the brink of a catastrophe that will change this sleepy Ohio backwater forever.

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Sehr unerwartete Handlung und Wendungen, bei dem Klappentext. Wunderschön geschrieben. Hat mich so mitgenommen wie lange kein Buch mehr!

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this is so good des beste buch des ich seit "a little life" gelesen hab i'm not ok

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The Summer that Melted Everything is a very unusual book. It reminds me a bit of "To kill a Mockingbird" in the style and way the story is told. Tifanny McDaniel is an amazing author. Her writing style is exceptional and she delivers the story perfectly. It's a very deep and philosophical debut that focuses also on sensetive topics like homophobia, racism and religious extremism. Breathed is a little town in Ohio in 1980s where Fielding Bliss befriends the devil a.k.a Sal. There is a lot of prejudice and southern traditions that shows a dark era in which racismn is nothing unusual. It's a very emotional and intense read and I had to take a few breaks while reading it. I honestly see every good aspect in the book and I can't argue that the topics are important and that Tifanny presented them amazingly but I also had a few problems with the genre. I normaly don't read this genre because I have a hard time with it on an emotional level. But still, this books is great and I honestly recommend it if you enjoy heavy topics and magical realism. (I received an advance review copy of The Summer That Melted Everything from the publisher through NetGalley. All opinions are my own.)

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