

Maeve, the heroine, is strong, independent and intelligent. I am not sure, if this is good or bad, but it does Tom Hanks credit. Normally, I build a picture in my head of the protagonist, but when I think of Danny, I only see Tom Hanks. I couldn’t help taking to most of them or at least feeling a certain degree of empathy.ĭanny is a great protagonist, but partly due to Tom Hanks’ amazing narration, it was difficult to see him as an independent character.

I felt these were real people, whom I might run into in the street real people who make mistakes, take stupid decisions, behave irrationally, repeat their parents’ mistakes, but also people who are loyal and want to do the right thing.

The novel is character driven and for me the characters stood out by a mile, being drawn realistically and with great tenderness. The Stepmother from Disney’s Cinderella – inspiration for Andrea?
