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4.24 AVERAGE
4.24 AVERAGE
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
hopeful
reflective
relaxing
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Lovely book but wasn’t quite in the mood for a slow sprawling slice of life
challenging
emotional
hopeful
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I tried for the first several chapters, but the lack of ALL QUOTATION MARKS killed me. I kept having to backtrack when I realized someone had been talking so I could read it correctly, and it ruined the story flow. I get that the author was trying to convey a continuous stream of consciousness from an omniscient narrator, but I just couldn’t handle it.
slow-paced
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Loveable characters:
Yes
emotional
inspiring
reflective
slow-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
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
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:
No
I wasn't expecting to like this all that much. I have read another of her books, the one about God being a rabbit and while I enjoyed it, I was also confused by it. I don't know whether it is because I have so recently almost-died and am therefore in an unusual place, mood wise, but I really loved it. I enjoyed all the characters and the writing and I even liked all the near misses of the characters almost meeting again after so many years. I loved the fact that there were LGBTQ+ characters and storylines but they were not the sole focus of the book and their stories were complex and three dimensional and not cliched.
I highly recommend this book to everyone and will be banging on about it almost as long as I'm going to bang on about almost dying.
I highly recommend this book to everyone and will be banging on about it almost as long as I'm going to bang on about almost dying.
Content Warnings
Minor: Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Abandonment, War
This novel contains LGBTQ+ characters and is set during and after the second world war so contains attitudes of the time.
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
relaxing
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:
No