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4.0 AVERAGE
4.0 AVERAGE
love books about long marriages and what people have to do to stay together and work through things. cried when she described how much she loves her adult son with flashbacks of being a toddler, because i have my own toddler boy now 💕
emotional
reflective
relaxing
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
I dunno. Wouldn’t be a 5 star for everyone but I loved it. Sealed by the ending’s emotional gut punch, my love for the characters grew steadily throughout. I may not have adored this 10 years ago but today I do and I’m sad to be finished.
There’s a slow roll getting into the story, that changes about a third in. Not joking about the ending - it struck the perfect pace, tone, style and sustained the lightest possible ugly face cry I’ve had since reading that Marcellus/octopus/remarkably bright creatures book. (I felt like the crying I did with that book was well earned but unfairly got - even though I loved the story that ending was TOO neat)
Anyway. This isn’t just a book for people who identify as mother but I think I identified muchly with that aspect. The main characters relationship with her own mother (and mother figure) I couldn’t relate to but I appreciated a great deal. The marriage relationship was also a treat to read.
This was such a solid read (listen!) for me. I’m gonna miss it.
There’s a slow roll getting into the story, that changes about a third in. Not joking about the ending - it struck the perfect pace, tone, style and sustained the lightest possible ugly face cry I’ve had since reading that Marcellus/octopus/remarkably bright creatures book. (I felt like the crying I did with that book was well earned but unfairly got - even though I loved the story that ending was TOO neat)
Anyway. This isn’t just a book for people who identify as mother but I think I identified muchly with that aspect. The main characters relationship with her own mother (and mother figure) I couldn’t relate to but I appreciated a great deal. The marriage relationship was also a treat to read.
This was such a solid read (listen!) for me. I’m gonna miss it.
Enjoyed it, but wasn’t excited to pick it back up. Too slow for me, but solid writing regardless
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
emotional
reflective
tense
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
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Maybe it’s middle age, but the female malaise novel isn’t doing it for me these days. Obviously marriages are complicated and family dynamics can be challenging but depression and acting out seem to be a primary plot line in books about women of a certain age.
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
reflective
medium-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
emotional
funny
reflective
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