The Summer Guest

The Summer Guest by Justin Cronin
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I think Cronin is a very gifted writer. I really enjoyed his vampire books, and I'm not a fan of vampires. That's Cronins gift, making you care about things that you normally wouldn't. This is a book of small things, the quiet lives of people working and visiting a fishing camp in Maine. But he makes you care about their lives...I cried three times. His themes of courage and fear, and the fluidity of time were beautifully woven throughout, if a bit too obtuse at times. His use of weather to reflect the mood of the scene was again artful if a bit obvious at times. A memorable and satisfying read.

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that for the first time in many years, maybe ever, I was coming truly alive, and here’s the thing: the problem of being alive is that it makes you frightened.

I thought how time passes, and how love is just another word for time.