Hey everyone! This is my fancast for our May book club pick, Talking at Night by Claire Daverley.
If you want you can also check out the review and playlist for this book here on the blog.
Will – Ben Hardy
Rosie – Claudia Jessie
Josh – Levi Miller
Simon – Aaron Taylor-Johnson
That’s it for today, I hope you enjoyed this fancast!
Talk to you soon!
Hey there,
Every two months we host a book club on our Instagram page and at the end of the month I will bring you a bookish playlist to go with the book we just finished reading.
Book club pick for the month of May 2024: Talking at Night by Claire Daverley
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PLAYLIST
– Mirroball by Taylor Swift
“I’m still a believer but I don’t know whyI’ve never been a naturalAll I do is try, try, tryI’m still on that trapezeI’m still trying everythingTo keep you looking at me”
– All I Want by Kodaline
“All I want is nothing moreTo hear you knocking at my door‘Cause if I could see your face once moreI could die as a happy man I’m sure”
– Nothing by Bruno Major
“Dumb conversationsWe lose track of timeHave I told you latelyI’m grateful you’re mine”
– Birds of a Feather by Billie Eilish
“Birds of a feather, we should stick together, I knowI said I’d never think I wasn’t better aloneCan’t change the weather, might not be foreverBut if it’s forever, it’s even better”
– This Is Me Trying by Taylor Swift
“They told me all of my cages were mentalSo I got wasted like all my potentialAnd my words shoot to kill when I’m madI have a lot of regrets about that”
– Iris by Goo Goo Dolls
“And I don’t want the world to see me‘Cause I don’t think that they’d understandWhen everything’s made to be brokenI just want you to know who I am”
– I Will Wait by Mumford and Sons
“These days of dustWhich we’ve knownWill blow away with this new sun
But I’ll kneel downWait for nowAnd I’ll kneel downKnow my ground
And I will wait, I will wait for youAnd I will wait, I will wait for you”
– Hero by Charlie Puth
“I don’t need a hero, I don’t want to be saved”But I said, “I’ll be here every night and day, ” ohI don’t need a hero, but if you let me stayOh, I can still be here every night and day, oh”
– Matilda by Harry Styles
“You can let it goYou can throw a party full of everyone you knowYou can start a family who will always show you loveYou don’t have to be sorry for doing it on your own”
– Stick Season by Noah Kahan
“And I love Vermont, but it’s the season of the sticksAnd I saw your mom, she forgot that I existedAnd it’s half my fault, but I just like to play the victimI’ll drink alcohol ’til my friends come home for Christmas
And I’ll dream each night of some version of youThat I might not have, but I did not lose”
– Holocene by Bon Iver
“And at once, I knew I was not magnificentStrayed above the highway aisleJagged vacance, thick with iceBut I could see for miles, miles, miles”
– Little Freak by Harry Styles
“I was thinkin’ about who you areYour delicate point of view, IWas thinkin’ about youI’m not worried about where you areOr who you will go home to, I’mJust thinkin’ about you“
– Chloe or Sam or Sophia or Marcus by Taylor Swift
“So if I sell my apartmentAnd you have some kids with an internet starletWill that make your memory fade from this scarlet maroonlike it never happenedCould it be enough to just float in your orbit”
Title: Talking at Night
Author: Claire Daverley
Synopsis (from Goodreads): Will and Rosie meet as teenagers.
They’re opposites in every way. She overthinks everything; he is her twin brother’s wild and unpredictable friend. But over secret walks home and late-night phone calls, they become closer—destined to be one another’s great love story.
Until, one day, tragedy strikes, and their future together is shattered.
But as the years roll on, Will and Rosie can’t help but find their way back to each other. Time and again, they come close to rekindling what might have been.
What do you do when the one person you should forget is the one you just can’t let go?.
Rating: 4/5 stars
This review contains SPOILERS!
Content warnings (might contain spoilers): death of a brother, alcoholism, cancer, grief, OCD, eating disorder, mental illness.
I’m so happy I was able to enjoy this book, it was such an entertaining story and I liked most of the things that were presented! But let’s talk about it better.
First thing first, the writing style was pretty good in my opinion. It never bored or got heavy even in the most delicate parts of the story. I have to say that the choice of not using punctuation to signal the dialogues reminded me of Sally Rooney’s “Normal People” but, at the same time, I think that it helped making the story even more fluent.
The two main characters were so well constructed, even their narrative arcs were developed perfectly. Will and Rosie are such a great couple and their relationship was so interesting to read. I deeply rooted for them since the first time they met and I couldn’t be happier about how the story ended. Even though the ending is quite open to interpretation, I still think they finally managed to stay united.
Between the two of them I liked Will better, because I had some difficulties here and there to bond with Rosie. I found her character to be too passive for my taste and the main example I always use, that still bothers me, is when Will tells her in the third part that they should stay apart and she agrees with him. I still can’t wrap my head around Rosie’s lack of reaction. But this is also a positive connotation for me, because it shows how true and believable these characters were.
This book is divided in three parts and I must say that I really appreciated how they were structured. Time passes at some points of the story but it never bothered me, because the author was able to give continuity to the story without dividing it into single episodes. The first two parts were probably the most heart-breaking and difficult to read because of what happens to Josh. Before picking this book up I read the plot on Goodreads, but then, when I started reading this story I didn’t remember what I was getting into and Josh’s death really tore my heart into pieces. In my opinion, Daverley did an amazing job in portraying Rosie’s grief and life after that tragic event and even though I can’t fully understand what it is like to have a sibling, she was able to make me feel Rosie’s feelings.
Anyway, going back to the story in general, I do think it was always very interesting to read and I loved witnessing Will and Rosie’s love bloom and develop throughout the pages.
So, these were my opinions about our book club pick for the month of May, I hope you liked reading about them. And before you go, I think it’s time to announce our new pick for July, which is: “I Hope This Finds You Well” by Natalie Sue. The plot seems very interesting and we can’t really wait to know more about this story! Thanks for reading.
Hey Readers, welcome back to the WWWednesday section! I’m pretty happy with how my TBR is going so far and even though I’m currently reading a huge and long book, I’m devouring it like no others. So, without further ado, let’s start!
What are you currently reading?
At the moment, I’m continuing my 2024 Reading Challenge and I’m already halfway through The Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson. This is the second book of the series and I’m loving it so much! I just can’t put it down, I have to know everything that is going to happen to the main characters. It’s full of conspiracies and politics and I’m so excited for that! I’ll let you know more about it in a future article.
I’ve also started reading “Dimentica il mio nome” (Forget my Name) by Zerocalcare, a famous Italian cartoonist. I’ve had the chance to read just a couple of pages but I’m already loving it, he’s always excellent at his job.
What did you recently finish reading?
The latest book I’ve read was our book club pick for this month, Talking at Night by Claire Daverley. I have to say that I really enjoyed it and I didn’t expect to like it this much. The story was really compelling and the relationship between the two main characters was always interesting to read. I had a great time and I’m so happy for that!
What do you think you’ll read next?
As usual, here we are in the hardest section of the three. What I’m sure I’ll read next is The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson for sure. Since I’m very invested in this story I think I won’t wait any longer and read the final novel of the trilogy straight away. And what about then? As I said in a previous article I’ll definitely make room for Beach Read by Emily Henry, and since it’s almost summertime I think it could be a great idea. And for the following reading you’ll have to wait for the next WWW.
So, this was my WWWednesday, hope you enjoyed it! If you would like to let me know your answers to the questions, please leave them in a comment down below. Thanks for reading!
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