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Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah

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Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Rarely do books move me to tears. I was choked up for the last 100 pages or so.

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Loveable characters: Yes
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Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I loved "TullyandKate" and their inseparable friendship. Kristin Hannah always paints a vivid picture of her characters! Be sure to have tissues for the ending!!

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Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
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emotional funny lighthearted sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This is a coming of age story about two best friends spanning from the 70s into the early millennium. 
Tully is the beautiful, ambitious, career driven, outspoken one and Kate is the understated, self conscious, motherly one. Each of them looks at the other’s life with envy of the things they don’t have. For Tully, that’s a family who loves her unconditionally. And Kate wishes for Tully’s boundless freedom. 
TullyandKate pull each other through everything from boys and fashion to heartbreak and sickness. 
I have always been a fan of Kristin Hannah’s writing and this was certainly no different. I cried my way through this book! Just when I thought I had been wrecked for the last time something else happened. 
I loved the characters- I related to Kate so much! She is just a girl trying to stay afloat. 
TW: rape, terminal illness, critical injury, some usage of the f word

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4.25
emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Aaack! Why do we keep handing our hearts over to Kristin Hannah for the breaking? 
 I'm probably late to the Firefly Lane world. I haven't watched the Netflix version so went in a bit blind and so glad I did.
 I'm sure no one needs a summary, other than this is the story of "TullyandKate" spanning a thirty-year friendship. 
 From their meeting as teens in the 70s, through to their adult lives on very different paths, readers are taken from heartwarming to heartbreaking and back again.
 It's a story for anyone who has ever experienced love, loss, the difficult dynamics between friends, mothers and daughters, and one's self against the world's expectations.
 Recommended!

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Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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