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4.32k reviews for:

Other Birds

Sarah Addison Allen

3.99 AVERAGE

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Loved it

Not a book I would normally choose. It kept me engaged. A sweet story of finding friendships, unresolved grief and letting go of the past .
mysterious reflective tense medium-paced
hopeful lighthearted reflective tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

I had such high hopes for this book and unfortunately I just found it boring. Lots of different side plots but none of them that interesting because there were too many so none of them could be explored deeply. 
hopeful lighthearted mysterious slow-paced

the characterization was rushed and shallow, the writing was all tell and not enough any show, and the ending felt very “jump the shark”.

I've pretty much loved every book Sarah Addison Allen has ever written. And Other Birds is no exception. It was a sweet, twisty little story sprinkled with Allen's magic dust and wrapped in the heat and humidity of the South.

Great author
emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes