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Hello Beautiful

Ann Napolitano

4.14 AVERAGE

challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

As a huge Little Women fan, I wish I liked this more. I felt like the characters were too random at times and the references to Little Women weren't strong enough. The story on it's own was interesting and moved in interesting directions. The characters were flawed, but it adds to the plot. It was good, but I wish it had a little more to really grip me to the story!

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Good read but the Pilsen to Evanston commute was severely understated
emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Characters were not fully believable.  Very flat.  The ones that were more interesting were not written about very much.

Itkin lopussa, kertoo jotain :’)
emotional sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
emotional reflective tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

A beautiful story about sisters and life and feeling your feelings. Fabulous writer.
emotional mysterious medium-paced
emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
emotional sad tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I didn't really enjoy this book. I haven't read Little Women, so I couldn't fully understand the constant comparisons. I didn't particularly like any of the characters and couldn't connect with any of them, which made it a difficult and slow read. I enjoyed the multiple character point of view and reading the passage of time.

I would recommend this book to people who enjoy stories of complicated and close family dynamics and mental health representation.