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Good Night, Irene by Luis Alberto Urrea

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yolandamcgill's review against another edition

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adventurous dark informative sad 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

amelias's review against another edition

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dark tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

readerette's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

I didn't find the dialogue believable, but the inside look at the war was devastatingly tangible. It's fiction, of course, but feels very real, pulling no punches with emotional and physical trauma, the atrocities that come with war, and how serving in a world war (no matter in what capacity) transformed people, broke them, and sometimes put them back together again.

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tenderthunder970611's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

This is a story about several women who became part of a business to offer donuts in the war. However, it was so much more than that. It was a slow read in the beginning but it began to build up. This is a work of fiction but it was one of the most non-fiction like fiction books I have ever read. Seeing through the author’s acknowledgements I do see that he had studied hard on the period. His work definitely shines through this book. It makes me happy that some of the happy scenes actually was inspired by real life events of the author. I highly recommend this book to people who love war stories.

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