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An emotional story about a woman in 3 different stages of her life with a wee bit of magic and time travel. It's an easy, yet challenging read by an Aussie author. 5/5
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One of those near-misses for me; file solidly under I-really-wanted-to-like-it-more.
On reflection, I think it was the oldest Willa that really bogged this down for me. I understand the reasons why she was written as she was, but I feel there was some nuance missing there. Instead of a woman struggling with memory and history and the unknown, we got what felt like the retiree version of manic pixie dream girl. A little too much whimsy, and not quite enough depth. The contrast between tone in earl ...more
On reflection, I think it was the oldest Willa that really bogged this down for me. I understand the reasons why she was written as she was, but I feel there was some nuance missing there. Instead of a woman struggling with memory and history and the unknown, we got what felt like the retiree version of manic pixie dream girl. A little too much whimsy, and not quite enough depth. The contrast between tone in earl ...more
