Air | Litsy

Air | John Boyne

pick

Water = Dark
Earth = Darker
Fire = Darkest
Air = Reconciliation, redemption and glimmers of light shining through the darkness

A powerful, provocative and emotional journey through the”Elements.”

Cuilin Love this post 🩵💚🧡🩶 4w

BarbaraBB Gorgeous collage 4w

Leftcoastzen Is that the order they came out in ? 4w

See All 7 Comments

Amiable @Leftcoastzen Yes. Although I think the 4 novellas are going to be bound in one book —or maybe that‘s already happened? 4w

Prairiegirl_reading In Canada they published it as one book. I was so excited to read it until I heard his take on trans people. I won‘t be giving him any more of my money. 4w

Amiable @Prairiegirl_reading Yeah, I just learned about that as well. 😖 (edited) 4w

Prairiegirl_reading So disappointing. 4w

70 likes1 stack add7 comments

britt_brooke

Air | John Boyne

pick

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Facing decades-old trauma to help the next generation. The last of Boyne‘s four novella series. All intertwined, all explore abuse and trauma. Very thoughtfully crafted.

#TheElements

BarbaraBB Agree 💯 1mo

60 likes1 comment

Rissreadswithcats

Air | John Boyne

pick

These 4 novellas were fabulous! I loved the premise of 4 seperate stories of crime that were interconnected. Each one focuses on a different crime perspective, the enabler, the victim, the accomplice and the perpetrator. Very tough themes. And how good do these books look? ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

BarbaraBB Great observation about the different crime perspectives! 4mo

Rissreadswithcats @BarbaraBB I would love to take the credit but I read it somewhere! 🤣 4mo

48 likes1 stack add2 comments

JacqMac

Air | John Boyne

pick

What a great end to this series. It was all so heavy, but Boyne tied all the stories together in the end. He does deeply emotional stories so well. I loved it all.

44 likes

Lesliereadsalot

Air | John Boyne

pick

So happy to get the fourth installment in this series “The Elements.” Four unique stories, novellas really, all connected in ways that you don‘t see coming, each one its own journey. Highly recommend and a must to read in order. Try to get them all at one time as they‘re impossible to put down!

BarbaraBB Such a fabulous series 4mo

Lesliereadsalot Really happy to have read it! The way the stories interlocked was so unlike anything I‘ve ever read. @BarbaraBB 4mo

22 likes2 comments

BarbaraBB

Air | John Boyne

pick

Oh I loved it. The perfect ending of the Elements series. Maybe not that traumatic but at least as moving. This is the story of Aaron who travels either his 14 years old son from Australia to the small Irish island where it all started. What a read 💝

📸: Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Spain (love my job ❤️)

Amor4Libros So glad you loved it, too! ❤️ 5mo

Gleefulreader My copy arrived and it is a long weekend here in Canada so this is part of my reading plan! 5mo

nanuska_153 I flew to Bilbao two days ago and it was raining so much! In Asturias now and the weather goes from summer to winter depending on the hour 5mo

See All 19 Comments

squirrelbrain You‘re so lucky! ❤️ 🇪🇸 5mo

BarbaraBB @nanuska_153 Such a coincidence! I am in San Sebastián now and tomorrow is supposed to be sunny ?? 5mo

Lesliereadsalot So jealous! 5mo

nanuska_153 @BarbaraBB enjoy! San Sebastian is such a beautiful city ❤️ 5mo

BarbaraBB @nanuska_153 It is! It‘s my first time here but what a beautiful place 🥰 5mo

BarbaraBB @squirrelbrain @Lesliereadsalot I feel very lucky indeed,it‘s one of the nicest places I‘ve ever been to in Spain! 5mo

Lesliereadsalot What‘s your email Barbara? I‘ve rounded up a bunch of names for #Europacollective and I‘m thinking about a post about Gabriele for June. 5mo

Amiable What is your job? I think I love it, too! 5mo

BarbaraBB @Lesliereadsalot Great! It is Barbarabrian2007 at yahoo.com! 5mo

BarbaraBB @Amiable I am a communication strategist for cultural organizations m! 5mo

Amiable @BarbaraBB Oh, I DEFINITELY love your job! 😍 5mo

Suet624 @BarbaraBB I had no idea that was your job! I thought you were a mental health counselor!! 5mo

BarbaraBB @Suet624 Wow, no I am not that smart. Communications is much easier 😉 5mo

Suet624 @BarbaraBB I remember a post from years ago where you were sitting in a small office-like setting and you said you were waiting for your next client. My daughter and her wife are both therapists and I must‘ve jumped to that conclusion. 5mo

BarbaraBB @Suet624 That‘s funny! I can‘t remember the photo but I do use the word clients indeed for the people I work for. Maybe that‘s not the right word? In Dutch we have a word for people-who-give-you-the-assignment and I thought the English ‘client‘ was the best translation… 5mo

Suet624 Client is definitely the right word. I just jumped to a conclusion. 5mo

75 likes19 comments

Bookbuyingaddict

Air | John Boyne

pick

Absolutely loved it and a fitting end to a truly brilliant series , elements are 4 of the best books Iv ever read ! Not my fav but ties everything up perfectly & not as shocking as the other 3 and dare I say a “happier” ending. A whole series which brilliantly captures the trauma inflicted on people by a handful of others , I urge everyone to read them

55 likes2 stack adds

BarbaraBB

Air | John Boyne

#WeeklyForecast 20/25

An exciting reading week ahead! I just started Time of the Flies, which drew me in immediately. Next will be the tagged, which I can‘t wait to read either. I hope to start Theory & Practice as well, recommended by @sarahbarnes , and if there‘s time left I might even start Audition, out first #CampLitsy25 read (not on photo).

sarahbarnes Great week ahead! Can‘t wait to hear what you think of T&P and Flies! 💕 5mo

Lesliereadsalot Ooh…so lucky you have Air! 5mo

Gleefulreader I have Time of the Flies on my TBR shelf. I can‘t wait for Air but my copy has to ship to Canada from Blackwells and I‘m praying there isn‘t a postal strike to delay delivery! 5mo

BarbaraBB @Gleefulreader I was surprised how fast I got Air, but I am in Europe. Also, Time of the Flies is great so far! 5mo

61 likes4 comments

squirrelbrain

Air | John Boyne

pick

A fabulous final book in the Elements series. Not covering as distressing / upsetting scenarios as in the other three books, but wrapping up and linking the other stories together. Another propulsive read - inhaled it in about an hour.

Thanks to @TrishB for letting me know that this had been published and, if hubby said yesterday ‘I‘m ordering something from Amazon, do you need anything?‘ , then it‘s not me spending money on books, is it?! 🤣

quietlycuriouskate Infallible logic, Helen! 😆 5mo

TrishB Definitely not you 👍🏻 it wrapped it up well didn‘t it. 5mo

AmyG Oooo I can‘t wait to read this one. 5mo

sarahbarnes So looking forward to these. 5mo

BarbaraBB You read it so fast! I‘m waiting eagerly for my copy! 5mo

81 likes1 stack add5 comments

TrishB

Air | John Boyne

pick

Last one in the series- not quite as traumatic as others, but revisits some past characters and ties up the stories.
These have been incredible, dark and emotional reads.

BarbaraBB I had no idea it had been published already! 5mo

TrishB @BarbaraBB neither did I - it was in Waterstones when I got there yesterday and I had to read straight away! 5mo

Prairiegirl_reading None of them are published in Canada. I believe they‘ll be released as one book some time in the fall. 5mo

See All 9 Comments

Prairiegirl_reading I had to go check, it‘s September 9. Another to add to my 2025 tbr! 5mo

peaKnit I think it will be issued in the US as one book with the 4 parts. I bought and read Water and then was able to get the whole series “Elements” through NetGalley. Fantastic full circle. Wow! 💗 this author. 5mo

squirrelbrain Gah! I missed this was even out! I got the other 3 as ARCs but not this one. 🤷‍♀️ 5mo

TrishB @Prairiegirl_reading well worth a read! 5mo

TrishB @peaKnit cool 👍🏻 5mo

TrishB @squirrelbrain I was really surprised when I saw it in Waterstones and thought it was just me that had missed it! 5mo

78 likes9 comments

Welcome to Litsy!

Trending Hashtags

Trending Books