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Favorite of all time!
from NPR poll of best Young Adult fiction.
A classic that I somehow never read, until now.
This book is at the top of so many lists, beloved by so many, said to be the One Book you should read before you die, acclaimed as an American Literary Masterpiece, and on and on .... And boy was I disappointed. Honestly, I'm afraid to even say that. I just, I'm out of step with every other reader in the country, I guess.
It wasn't bad, exactly. It just wasn't amazing.
ETA: No, I don't understand how it was ...more
A classic that I somehow never read, until now.
This book is at the top of so many lists, beloved by so many, said to be the One Book you should read before you die, acclaimed as an American Literary Masterpiece, and on and on .... And boy was I disappointed. Honestly, I'm afraid to even say that. I just, I'm out of step with every other reader in the country, I guess.
It wasn't bad, exactly. It just wasn't amazing.
ETA: No, I don't understand how it was ...more
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