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Sep 03, 2018
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A decent novel about family secrets, tragedy, and relationships between parents and children. It also discussed a bit about Down Syndrome in the 60s and 70s. The alternating point of views is pretty refreshing, and some of the characters are quite memorable, although I can't sympathize with a few.
Also, the author loved to give very detailed descriptions of seasons, weather, and so on. It's engaging but sometimes a bit boring XD I read the translated version and it's pretty good. All in all, Kim ...more
Also, the author loved to give very detailed descriptions of seasons, weather, and so on. It's engaging but sometimes a bit boring XD I read the translated version and it's pretty good. All in all, Kim ...more
I had higher expectations for this book. A decent story, the writing was obvious however and it seemed some what forced.
Read for Dr. Carr's class my final semester of school. Enjoyable but unmemorable.
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