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Jul 21, 2013
alana
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it was ok
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I read this for the Pop Sugar 2015 Challenge "a classic romance" since I already owned it and apparently it's meant to be a romance. While I appreciated reading about the time period and location, I had no idea that the romance of the story was between a 15-year-old girl and man in his 30s. Um, wrong. How can I read this as a romance?? It was very disturbing. And supposedly autobiographical, so I had to go read online more about it. It seems like maybe fingers crossed most of it was made up, but
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3.5 stars, rounded up to 4
This book won't be for everyone.
This is the book I've been looking for all my life.
I've found it now, what will I read for the next forty years? I'm sure I'll find something.
This has been on my TBR since back when I first discovered the Jane March / Ton ...more
My mother says, This one will never be satisfied with anything. I think I’m beginning to see my life. I think I can already say, I have a vague desire to die. From now on I treat that word and my life as inseparable.
This book won't be for everyone.
This is the book I've been looking for all my life.
I've found it now, what will I read for the next forty years? I'm sure I'll find something.
This has been on my TBR since back when I first discovered the Jane March / Ton ...more





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