LitPick Review
Evan has just moved into a Victorian Era house that his
mother adores. The relationship with his girlfriend seems
to be going downhill. Besides, in his dreams, Evan has
been having intimate and passionate relations with an
unknown girl. He finds papers that had been left in the
house from decades past; one of the pictures in the pile
is of the same girl that he sees every night in his sleep.
Both Evan and the "ghost" of the house are discovering
what they really want and need by their interactions. How
do their "visits" help each other?
Opinion:
Beating Heart is a mixed book of prose and poetry. Evan's story is told in
prose while the ghost's story is told in first-person
poetry. The book was a very quick read because of the
constant switch between the two characters. Sometimes I
would reread the poetry for comprehension, but I would
always look over the poetry again because of how beautiful
it was. The way the words were laid out on the page
matched the tone of the poems and kept me wanted to read
more. I recommend this book to readers of poetry or books
on teenage self-discovery.
