Everything I Never Told You in Pop Sugar's Annual Ultimate Reading Challenge

Aug 25, 2020 Polly rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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What an absolutely beautiful, tragic, achingly human story.

This has been sitting unread on my Kindle for so long and I'm so glad that I've finally had a chance to read it.

The flawed, precarious family dynamics – with unresolved and unspoken tensions – are so vividly real; this book is so relatable in parts that it's like a punch to the guts. It invites the reader to examine their own relationships, familial or otherwise.

My heart broke for every one of the characters in this family: James, the ...more

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Oct 29, 2017 B. rated it really liked it

This book was singularly interesting. I wasn't overly engaged with the characters or the plot, but I picked it back up every spare chance I got. It was a very compulsory read. By the same token, this book will make you think, but not about the characters or the plot, it will just put you in a very philosophical mood - or at least it did for me. It was uniquely intriguing. ...more

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May 20, 2018 Kelly Carper rated it did not like it

This slow moving story really didn't have any positive outcomes. If you like to read about bad things that just get worse without any true resolution then this book is for you. If characters who are completely self-absorbed and not too smart, either intellectually or emotionally, drive you crazy then skip it. ...more

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