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4.5 stars.
This was the most wonderful and heartbreaking story.
This was the most wonderful and heartbreaking story.
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This book reminded me a lot of "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close". Perhaps because both have children who lost a close family member, go on a quest for answers, and meet lots of interesting people along the way. I really loved "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close", I just liked this book. I think had I not read "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close", I think I'd have enjoyed this one more. Also, the story in a story with the fantasy land wasn't for me. I felt it was too forced in terms of brin
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While I enjoyed this one (and everything I've read by this author to date), I found it to be a harder read than I was expecting. Given the fairy tale aspect of the story, I think I was expecting something more whimsical. There are definitely humorous moments and wry commentary along the way, but this story felt tinged with melancholy and was more of a bittersweet read to me. Maybe it was just the timing of when I read it and it would have landed differently if I'd been able to focus on it more.
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Everything I keep trying to write here is that there were lots of elements here that I wanted to love, but they never quite broke through to greatness. There's a precocious child narrator that manages to be endearing not annoying. There's a fairy tale theme, though it never quite felt magical. There's a wild and wacky grandmother, but seen mostly in memory rather than current adventure. There are oddball characters all living in one rooming house. But somehow all these individual pieces never ma
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Lovely. I love books where you fall in love with the characters so much you want to move in with them. Even better when they are very human with real flaws and their own unique challenges.
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