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By Book Riot · 79 posts · 1590 views
last updated Sep 25, 2022 09:27AM
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I loved this book, its characters and its setting. I liked that the world building wasn’t cumbersome. I liked the cast of characters. I even liked the portrayals of difficult parent/child relationships.
Even with its deep themes, especially those around family, I found this book an engaging read that left me feeling lighter than before I read it. I highly recommend it!
ETA: I keep going back and forth on whether this is a 4 or 5 star book. I am bumping it up to 5 stars because I keep thinking abo ...more
Even with its deep themes, especially those around family, I found this book an engaging read that left me feeling lighter than before I read it. I highly recommend it!
ETA: I keep going back and forth on whether this is a 4 or 5 star book. I am bumping it up to 5 stars because I keep thinking abo ...more
Not my usual reading fare but this story is pretty compelling. It does a great job of showing the main character's life over time and with momentum. The other characters and were pretty rich, including the main protagonist, and the world was interesting. There was a refreshing minimum of plot-based youthful foolishness (I mean, there was some, but it's fine).
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Recommended on PCHH: https://www.npr.org/2020/11/25/938879...
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4.5 stars rounded up.
Sep 14, 2020
Terri
marked it as owned-but-not-read
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Sep 06, 2021
Emily
is currently reading it
Sep 25, 2023
Karianne
marked it as to-read
