They become friends and then, well, not.
Big deal, right? Guys tend to become friends almost by accident—some combination of shared circumstances and sensibilities—and drift apart as easily as they came together.
The central characters in The Possibility of Snow, Steve and Neil, meet in college, where, away from home for the first time, guys find themselves in need of new friends as never before (and perhaps never again, not with the same urgency).
It's also the place and time in which we are all looking to define ourselves, to decide what and who we want to be.
The combination of similarities and differences that bring Steve and Neil together makes it hard for them to either stay friends or simply go their separate ways. Each is unlike anyone the other has ever known.
To me, that dynamic proved fascinating, mystifying, and ultimately unsettling.
Through their story, I found myself exploring the limits of loyalty, compassion, belief, and forgiveness.
See what you think.
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