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The Shining Girls

Lauren Beukes

Start date: December 31, 2014

Finish date: January 10, 2015

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Jan 28, 2017 Krissy rated it it was ok

Shelves: audiobook, pgs-300-399

I loved the concept of this book. But with so many characters to keep track of and all the different time jumps it was difficult to keep track of what was what. I breezed through this with just getting the gist of what was happening. Never fully understanding with 100% clarity wtf was going on. If somebody right now asked me to give them a full detailed summary of the book I couldn't do it. A vague idea of the book would be the best I could do. I just wish it was a smoother ride. ...more

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Aug 31, 2013 Sara rated it liked it

Shelves: 2013-reads

I liked this book, but I didn't love it. The concept drew me and made me keep reading, but there was a never a point where I couldn't put it down. It was more like I just wanted to see where this whole thing was going. I was pleased that the author didn't spend any time trying to explain the time travel or the why/how of the house. I had no trouble accepting that it just was and I think that I was more involved in the story because of it. I enjoyed the character of Kirby, but all of the other ch ...more

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Oct 05, 2020 Debbie rated it liked it

Shelves: horror

First off, I’ll just say that this book was very well written, but not my cup of tea. If you enjoy dead women and time travel (which are two things I hate to read about), then this book is for you!

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