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Wow! A beautifully written, heart breaker of a book. I both read the book and listened to the #audio and it was good to switch it up-great to hear the accents and tone on audio, but the written text helped avoid confusion at times. Hard to get through at times, but ultimately glad I heard his story.
At Chapter 2: Listening to this is like watching Law and Order: SVU in reverse, each chapter ends with a harrowing crime and starts with stoic characters.
I only stayed because Angus King read it so well but this was so long and so bleak, the glimmer of hope was 2/3rds into the book and of course, that didn't last. Even the "epilogue" was yet another version of the same bleak story. I was like Shuggie; I kept going back to this knowing that it is so hard to love and I had last touch. ...more
I only stayed because Angus King read it so well but this was so long and so bleak, the glimmer of hope was 2/3rds into the book and of course, that didn't last. Even the "epilogue" was yet another version of the same bleak story. I was like Shuggie; I kept going back to this knowing that it is so hard to love and I had last touch. ...more
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