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rachelteresacrawshaw's review against another edition
4.0
easy to read, funny, well written- the story of a normal dysfunctional family seen through the eyes of a poetic young girl stuggling with the trials and tribulations of becoming an adult with no reliable adults around to show her the way.
nboneal's review against another edition
2.0
Quirky book. Sort of reminded me of Alice, I Think except it was made up of little vignettes about a girl growing up instead of a continuous plot line.
jooniperd's review against another edition
3.0
this book presents the coming-of-age of hazel, through vignettes/connected stories. adamson's writing is very engaging, and the quirk factor runs high in hazel's family. sometimes, when an author reaches for weird or quirky traits or situations, they can feel very ridiculous or too improbable (even though families are totally whacky). admason's peculiarities on the page felt perfectly reasonable and easy to believe. life, growing up, and memory can be very disjointed - and this feeling was very strong for me as i was reading. a melancholy tone permeates, so i was appreciative of amusing moments and outrageous shows of behaviour from a character, to break up the weighted feeling.
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