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Hoffman's work is consistently SO dreamy and SO real. Absolutely loved this one. Listened to the audiobook but I've already purchased a print copy so I can read it again.
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what seems to be a good story line is executed poorly.
I am a fan of Ms. Hoffman's work and this is by far the worst book I've read by her.
The moral will to finish something that I've started is the one and only thread that propelled me to finish this book.
Sorry not sorry, I barely read the last chapter. ...more
I am a fan of Ms. Hoffman's work and this is by far the worst book I've read by her.
The moral will to finish something that I've started is the one and only thread that propelled me to finish this book.
Sorry not sorry, I barely read the last chapter. ...more

"A camera has its own eye, my mentor had told me. He insisted bis could see the truth even when he'd begun to grow blind. I hoped it would do the same for me, for I was blind to much in this world."
I picked this one up again to fulfill number six on this year's Book Riot Read Harder challenge: Finish a book you've DNFed. So I made myself finish it this time.
Coralie is the daughter of an emotionally abusive man whose desperation to keep his museum of "living wonders" (a marginally kinder way to s ...more
I picked this one up again to fulfill number six on this year's Book Riot Read Harder challenge: Finish a book you've DNFed. So I made myself finish it this time.
Coralie is the daughter of an emotionally abusive man whose desperation to keep his museum of "living wonders" (a marginally kinder way to s ...more

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Stacey
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Jan 06, 2016
Crystal King
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it was amazing
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Aug 07, 2016
Emrys
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Sep 17, 2017
Lori
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Dec 16, 2017
Christina MOVED TO STORYGRAPH Perucci
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Dec 14, 2018
Adjrun
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