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Deb (Readerbuzz) Nance
This review is not a fair review. I thought I was going to like it, love it, maybe, but I didn’t. And the reason I didn’t like it has nothing to do with the beautiful writing or the big themes or the fascinating characters in this book; it had all of that and more.

I blame myself. I forced myself to read this book this summer. I assigned it to myself for summer reading.

So don’t bother reading this review. Try someone else’s review. I read it when I wasn’t ready for it and that ruined the experi
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Lindsey Z
Nov 27, 2009 rated it it was amazing
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Jan 12, 2023 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
“Go through the motions, Adam.” “What motions?” “Act out being alive, like a play. And after a while, a long while, it will be true.”
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