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Okay, I took on this novel as a challenge because it’s so different from what I usually read. The beginning was hard to read. I was so bored and uninterested in where the plot was going. McBride continued to introduce more characters and more side stories that he didn’t ever expand on. HOWEVER, when I got to the end, I disregarded that fact because McBride BRILLIANTLY ended the novel. I couldn’t have asked for a better ending and I’m so happy about the identity of the skeleton from chapter 1. Be
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This book was frustrating, long and felt so unorganized that i lost motivation reading it several times. The summary and beginning was interesting when the police found a dead body and were searching for a culprit, but from the first chapter, the book moved slower than a sloth. McBride just kept adding characters and I can't lost all of them off the top of my head, but it went from Moshe and Chona, to Malachai who went by a different name, to Nate and Addie to literally a gang leader that lends
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VERY hard read.
Holy cow finishing this book was like finishing a project when it's due in 10 minutes. Reading the ending was so unsatisfying because I was so distracted on just getting the book finished. A lot of people will disagree but figuring out who died on the first page isn't even worth all your time analyzing different people's stories in the middle of the book. You could theoretically read the first page and the last page and understand everything (exaggeration). This book isn't even th ...more
Holy cow finishing this book was like finishing a project when it's due in 10 minutes. Reading the ending was so unsatisfying because I was so distracted on just getting the book finished. A lot of people will disagree but figuring out who died on the first page isn't even worth all your time analyzing different people's stories in the middle of the book. You could theoretically read the first page and the last page and understand everything (exaggeration). This book isn't even th ...more
I don't really know what to say. There's nothing wrong with the book, except for maybe a meandering plot and writing style. But there's also nothing done specifically right either. I struggle to point out the specific things that didn't make the book good for me. For all the positive attention this book received it really just did not live up to the hype. It's a beautiful story about life and community... I guess? There is just nothing that I took away from the book no matter how hard I tried.
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Nov 29, 2023
didi
marked it as to-read
Dec 21, 2023
Kamari
marked it as to-read
Dec 27, 2023
Alexandria McRath
marked it as to-read
