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votesforwomen's review against another edition
3.0
I....don't exactly know what to think of this book.
It was a historical set in the time of World War I, the story of a girl struggling to recover from the death of her brother during the war.
It was a desperate survival tale of the Dust Bowl and two sisters fighting to make it to the next day.
It was a futuristic tale of a girl preparing to go to help create a colony on Mars.
The three stories wove together in an altogether satisfying way. I think my biggest beef with this book was that it was too short, but somehow, the length was also perfect. I'm not really sure how both those things are true at once. #PARADOXES
I think Catherine's story was my favorite. I loved her, and I loved Beezie, and I felt for their poor mother. The other two were good, but fell a little flatter, at least for me. Again, not sure why.
I'm giving this book 3.5 stars because I don't really know how I feel about it. It was good, it really was. But...I'm just not sure.
CONTENT:
Some kissing. It's implied that a guy and a girl sleep together--pregnancy results, but the actual act is never shown. A couple of uses of the long a-word. Overall, /fairly/ clean?
It was a historical set in the time of World War I, the story of a girl struggling to recover from the death of her brother during the war.
It was a desperate survival tale of the Dust Bowl and two sisters fighting to make it to the next day.
It was a futuristic tale of a girl preparing to go to help create a colony on Mars.
The three stories wove together in an altogether satisfying way. I think my biggest beef with this book was that it was too short, but somehow, the length was also perfect. I'm not really sure how both those things are true at once. #PARADOXES
I think Catherine's story was my favorite. I loved her, and I loved Beezie, and I felt for their poor mother. The other two were good, but fell a little flatter, at least for me. Again, not sure why.
I'm giving this book 3.5 stars because I don't really know how I feel about it. It was good, it really was. But...I'm just not sure.
CONTENT:
Some kissing. It's implied that a guy and a girl sleep together--pregnancy results, but the actual act is never shown. A couple of uses of the long a-word. Overall, /fairly/ clean?
francescaranck's review against another edition
3.0
Ok, so before I delve deep into the whole opinion on it, I have to say there was like a bad word or two, though nothing like horrible-horrible, so just know that. Anyway besides that, overall it was pretty good, but I can't say that I really loved it, but not because anything was bad about it. I just don't think it was quite my type. I just didn't feel like I related to it. Nevertheless, it was a decent read in the different characters and how, while in entirely different times, they are connected. And the difference in characters was interesting ( I thought Lily was entertaining). So if you pick up this book, I would say go for it and give it a try, but just that I didn't particularly love it or hate it. Good luck!
izzys_internet_bookshelf's review against another edition
3.0
3/5
I was excited going on this book but I found it to be slow for such a short book. It was hard to piece things together but overall I would want to someday reread it.
I was excited going on this book but I found it to be slow for such a short book. It was hard to piece things together but overall I would want to someday reread it.
myriadreads's review against another edition
4.0
I really enjoyed this one, and zipped right through it. It's 2065, and Kansas is the home of the space program. Adri has been chosen as a colonist to Mars, a high honor, but connecting with her family history raises questions that she's never considered. The story flashes from a grim future to the gritty past of the dust bowl, slowly unfolding a mystery that kept me turning pages past my bedtime to the conclusion. Strongest features: relationships between women, a multi-generational family story, grounded in history, and beautifully written.
Adri is a difficult character to connect to, both in the story and for me as a reader, so the book was a slow starter. Stick with it until you get to the first letters and journal entries. If you're drawn to the sci-fi element, just know that there isn't much on the actual space travel or colonization of Mars. It's a book that feels very close to home.
Adri is a difficult character to connect to, both in the story and for me as a reader, so the book was a slow starter. Stick with it until you get to the first letters and journal entries. If you're drawn to the sci-fi element, just know that there isn't much on the actual space travel or colonization of Mars. It's a book that feels very close to home.
stephaniealysse's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
kbsharpe21's review against another edition
4.0
For such a short read, the stories within this book moved me in such a gentle and quiet way. I’m normally not a fan of epistolaries, but all three of these women were so interesting to me. Each woman had something that I personally resonated with, and it was the first book that has made me cry in a long time.
I cried twice. The first time on page 131 from Lenore’s perspective about grief because I felt so understood in my own grief.
“Beth, I’ve made a discovery, and it’s that grief isn’t like sadness at all. Sadness is only something that is a part of you. Grief becomes you; it wraps you up and changes you and makes everything— every little thing—different than it was before............
And it makes me think about you and me. And how I’ve wanted so badly to be the person you remember. And how I’ve hated everyone for their sadness because mine is so big and ugly and hungry inside me that I can’t let it catch me.
I’ve been up all night. I’m lost, but I also want to tell you, that I’m not hopeless. I can hear birds waking up, and a line of pretty yellow light is falling into the room, and I feel alive like I haven’t in a long time. It feels like waking up from a fever. Like I’ve been asleep for months, or a year.
***But I can’t promise you that I’m unaltered. And I’m not sure anymore that I want to be.”***
And the second time I cried was for that damned TORTOISE.
I’m just so glad I read this.
I cried twice. The first time on page 131 from Lenore’s perspective about grief because I felt so understood in my own grief.
“Beth, I’ve made a discovery, and it’s that grief isn’t like sadness at all. Sadness is only something that is a part of you. Grief becomes you; it wraps you up and changes you and makes everything— every little thing—different than it was before............
And it makes me think about you and me. And how I’ve wanted so badly to be the person you remember. And how I’ve hated everyone for their sadness because mine is so big and ugly and hungry inside me that I can’t let it catch me.
I’ve been up all night. I’m lost, but I also want to tell you, that I’m not hopeless. I can hear birds waking up, and a line of pretty yellow light is falling into the room, and I feel alive like I haven’t in a long time. It feels like waking up from a fever. Like I’ve been asleep for months, or a year.
***But I can’t promise you that I’m unaltered. And I’m not sure anymore that I want to be.”***
And the second time I cried was for that damned TORTOISE.
I’m just so glad I read this.
vandemon's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
steph01924's review against another edition
5.0
Whew, I could not put that down. Check out my full review at Forever Young Adult.
Reread for the second time in 2022 (funnily enough almost exactly to the day) and loved it just as much as the first time. Some parts hit even deeper after five more years around the sun. Just a beautiful story of hope and loss and friendship.
Reread for the second time in 2022 (funnily enough almost exactly to the day) and loved it just as much as the first time. Some parts hit even deeper after five more years around the sun. Just a beautiful story of hope and loss and friendship.