Anexis Matos

A lonely artist believes that people aren’t truly honest with each other. What happens if they were? He writes the truth about his life in a green notebook and leaves it at his local café. It’s run by the very organized Monica who in turn writes her own truth and leaves it at the wine bar across the street. Soon, the notebook travels from person to person and they all meet at the café, leading to friendships and even romance.

I picked up The Authenticity Project for a monthly book club run by Envision’s College Success Program. This is a program specifically dedicated to supporting blind and visually impaired students as they navigate college. If you’re interested in this, search up the name and their web site will appear. It’s really great and they meet twice a week just to talk. It’s very informal. If you’re a blind or visually impaired college student, I definitely recommend this program.

This is a great book. I enjoyed my reading experience and the themes are mostly explored well. Some could have been better developed, but not many complaints.

The characters are mostly well developed. They all have a very satisfying arc. However, a few of them didn’t get enough page time.

The plot twist and ending are very well executed. The ending is very sad and unexpected. I subjectively don’t like it. However, it’s objectively a very good ending.

Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I gave it a solid three star rating. The fact that certain parts of the book needed to be developed more contributed to the rating, but the other reason was the fact that I had to suspend my disbelief too much. It’s a very hopeful story. I don’t always rate these books too highly.

I would definitely recommend this book. It’s a very light and enjoyable read.