
Heartbreaking, philosophical, iconic.
𝙵𝚘𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚋𝚘𝚍𝚢 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚊 𝚋𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚔. Never has there been a truer dedication. "A Psalm for the Wild-Built" by Becky Chambers feels exactly like that: a break. With a cup of tea. Like you just sat down with one of your fave friends and get to pour out your heart out, no judgement, just listening. I laughed reading this, and I cried reading this. It broke me and stitched me back together at the same time. Never would I have thought that on barely 150 pages, there could be such depth. This is a story about tea. Yet it is so much more than that. It's a story about loneliness, about a sense of purpose, and about an unlikely friendship. About wisdom and joy, about pain and anxiety. The themes developed and explored in this book were just everything. From the wild and humans living in sinc with nature or... how humans are not made to live in sinc with nature and destroy it... to finding your path and feeling lost all at the same time. About how we can grow beyond our remnants and find peace in just living, if we choose to be brave enough. Dex was such a relatable character. So many of their quotes felt as if I'd expressed them. There are so many things I annotated because they truly spoke to me. The feeling of being tired, not knowing what your purpose is, pouring your heart and soul into something yet still feeling hollow. Ugh. I keep finding these books that rock me to my core. It's the same as with "Moonsoul" by Nathaniel Luscombe - I'd absolutely recommend reading both of these! All in all, this book felt like a story uncle Iroh from Avatar would tell you if you'd ask him for advice. And we all know we need an uncle Iroh in our lives. Someone calm and wise, that listens and gently pushes you to reflect on things and get back on the right path.