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Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan

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sakisreads's review against another edition

challenging dark sad fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

I absolutely adored So Late in the Day, so I had high expectations for this one 👏🏼

I didn’t love it as much as I loved the aforementioned story by Claire Keegan, but I still found it very interesting. There will be content warnings included below, of course!

I really loved Furlong too 😳

3.5 out of 5 stars for me, thank you ✨

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temi1008's review

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emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced

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

3.0

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stardewrally's review against another edition

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challenging dark informative sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
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

3.5

It was a hard book to read with the content, but it has made me curious to learn more about Magdalene laundries

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annaforthebooks's review against another edition

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challenging hopeful informative mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

Despite its short length, this book is impactful. Will definitely reread once I’ve researched more about the true events that inspired this. Looking forward to exploring more of Claire Keegan’s works!

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thetokenfatboy's review

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dark emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

I was pleasantly surprised by the content. The book cover was clearly deceiving. Picked up this as it could be read in a day but clearly it will stay in my brain for longer than it supposed to be.

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eijulia's review against another edition

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emotional inspiring slow-paced

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

3.75

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booksillremember's review against another edition

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dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

Masterful, gentle writing. Dark and grim but never loses hope. Refreshing to see literary fiction that shows human kindness and isn't just misey porn. Keegan really gets into the heads and hearts of her characters.

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