Let’s talk about this book! It’s a whirlwind of emotions that had me laughing through my tears and finding sparks of hope when things felt darkest. 🌟

I requested it up on a whim because, I was drawn in by its intriguingly odd title, and wow, am I glad I did! 📚 The story hooks you right from the start, and before you know it, you’re deeply immersed, feeling every high and low. I was halfway through before I even realized it, and the emotional ride left me both devastated and uplifted. If you’re up for a book that’s as gripping as it is moving, this one’s a must-read! 💖📖

I really enjoyed this very heart felt, well written book. It was very imaginative and kept me reading thru the night. I loved it

Where to start with this book... It broke my heart; it made me laugh and it managed to give me hope when I thought everything was doomed.

I went into it with zero expectations, simply captivated by the long and weird title and oh boy am I glad I did! This book immediately catches your attention, I felt like I blinked and somehow was halfway through the novel and trying not to cry. We follow our main character Daniel as he takes you through his stream of consciousness, dreams and memories of his life, falling in love, messy relationships, dead end jobs, and the huge weight of having to live with depression through it all. All whilst being constantly followed by sad-looking blue whales, the personification of his mental state, whenever things get worse more of them seem to appear singing their depressing song and not letting him enjoy his life. This is done in such a tangled messy manner of timelines which somehow manage to make you feel closer to him than ever. He is one of the rawest, realest portrayals of a character I have ever experienced.

Watching him be weird and awkward and messy and sad, made me feel less weird and awkward and messy and sad.

Its beautifully and devastatingly written, you truly are inside his mind, and nothing gets left out, to the point of being uncomfortable at times and yet it made me appreciate the style of writing even more.
To end my review, I will leave you with two lines from the book that stuck with me the most. Thank you Homeless for this beautiful novel that tore my heart to bits and made me appreciate that emptiness IS.

"For a little while," he answers. "She loved me for as long as she could, I guess."

"Old and rusty and wet and shaped like the ribcage of some long-dead, enormous and mythological beast, he could look at it with love in his eyes."