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Kaunokaisia

Ann Napolitano

4.14 AVERAGE


Really struggling to make up my mind on this one…sure, I raced through it and enjoyed how easy it was to get through, but it also fell pretty flat - like it was missing that extra little something something. 3.5 stars
emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
emotional medium-paced
challenging emotional reflective 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: Yes

Didn’t really like this book until the ending. Until I realized it was Little Women. The characters may be annoying, and hard to fight for, and make some really stupid decisions, but by the end, I fell in love with them.

A little confusing bc I haven’t read Little Women

Okay maybe it’s just because I accidentally bought the large print version, but if a book is using that much bolded text, it cannot be good. Found it to be cheesy and the characters not that likable (sue me). Cool that it takes place in Chicago though and I did like that it was an ode to little women - possibly the only redeemable characteristics?

dnf half way thru but read a summary of the rest of the book. agree w the people that say this couldve just been a short story
challenging emotional hopeful sad slow-paced

This one was a slow burn for me and I contemplated throwing in the towel for the first 40% because it was so slow. Once things started picking up, I was able to finish the last half of the book in just a couple of days.

The book follows four sisters from childhood into adulthood. The timeline was well spaced out even though the story covered 40ish years. The characters were well-developed and each had their own individual storylines that were weaved together with other family members.

Overall, this was a good and well-written book, and I’m glad I pushed through. I’m starting to realize that these drama-like books aren’t my favorite, so I really need to be in the right mood to read them.