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The story takes place over one night in February 1862 in the graveyard where Willie Lincoln has just been placed temporarily in a crypt. The graveyard is inhabited by residents of the Bardo, spirits who don't realize they are dead. The spirits need to help Willie move on because bad things happen to children if they linger in the Bardo for too long. The book is written in a very unique style. It took me a few chapters to get used to but once I caught one it was an easy read. The book alternates
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Odd format, but after the midpoint I was more appreciative of it. It did impact my hinking about that time and our present and for those reasons I "liked it." Too much cussing in it, so it made it a challenging listen as I had to be alone so as not to offend any of my family. Can't think of who I would refer this to, as it seems to be only a very select audience that can make it through this one. I did listen to it on audio and there were several voices narrating this that were quite recognizabl
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The first 50 pages or so of this book felt so unusual and abstract and difficult to connect with. I kept reading because the writing was beautiful and it was Christmas so why not. About halfway through, I started to appreciate the wildly original and complex structure of the story. There isn’t an accidental word in it. The last 100 pages are heartbreaking and so incredibly effective at making you feel Lincoln’s sadness and impossible predicament. They made me so grateful for a man who somehow ro
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Original? Yes. Amazing? No. I appreciate the research and creative thought process to write, but I cannot say I enjoyed reading it. It was just too dull.
Jun 04, 2017
Kay Green
marked it as probably-wont-finish
Maybe it was just the audio version. 166 narrators?? I could not keep my attention on the book - tried 2 out of 6 CDs and gave up. TRIED AGAIN. also gave up.
May 31, 2017
Wanda
marked it as to-read
Jul 17, 2017
Carolyn
marked it as to-read
Jul 20, 2017
Kim
marked it as to-read
Sep 14, 2017
Jules
marked it as to-read
Sep 16, 2017
Kristin
marked it as to-read
Sep 2018
Jul 04, 2018
m00ngrrrl
marked it as to-read
Sep 01, 2018
Jenifer
marked it as to-read
Jan 03, 2019
Jenny
marked it as to-read
Jan 28, 2019
Crystal
marked it as to-read
Mar 31, 2019
Shanna
marked it as to-read
May 23, 2019
Denise
marked it as kindle-tbr
