Commonwealth

this was one of those books which made me reflect a lot on my perspective about life, which made me think “I hope that when I'm older someday, I'll look back and see my life like this - a series of losses, and other things too, better things, like one of the characters says, at one point - and be at peace about it. Truth is, I think I'm terrified of aging, of watching time pass, but somehow books about time passing are my favourite kind of books. Maybe because I feel less alone, maybe because it feels that there's still a long way to go. I was completely taken by this book - the story, spanning five decades, is detailed, dense, and the characters are well written, profound, complex, as real people are, and, I believe, won't be leaving me soon. I read the book mostly over a weekend spent at my childhood home, and there was something about it that just made sense; there's something special about thinking about life at the place where life started. Maybe it's a very personal opinion, and the reasons why I did like the book so much don't apply to everyone, but I really wish I could read this book for the first time again.