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"Grandios." Another Heldt down the hatch. This is the one that sent Heldt into stellar bestsellerdom. It's not as accomplished as her subsequent ones. A host of characters whom I couldn't always tell apart. Not as much island knowledge for Norderney here as for her Sylt books (as a native, she has tons of local Sylt detail). And I think the omniscient, poly-povs of her later books work better than the strict first-person pov here. Some body shaming (yes, the character behaves ridiculously but wh
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