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Viața complicată a lui Oona Lockhart by Margarita Montimore

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mountainstobeach's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated

4.25

I love the unique concept of this book. The time travel nature and questions it brings up are compelling. The main character and her frustrations are understandable. The book started well and ended well but it dragged a bit for me in the middle. I was glad Oona couldn’t go through her entire life in the book as the concept, though interesting, started to get old.

funguyreads's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

jencunn2024's review against another edition

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3.0

3.75 . Even though I enjoyed this novel, I couldn’t quite bring myself to round up to 4 stars. I loved the concept and the writing was mostly fun, but there was some repetitiveness in the protagonist’s attitude and responses that grated on my annoyance nerve. I did like how the characters could intertwine through time leaps snd how their stories meld. This would have scored higher for me if there had been more rhyme and reason given for the protagonist’s condition and how other folks in the story interacted with the knowledge of her condition. A fun read though! Overall I recommend. Audio version was okay, but Expect printed read is best.

jphillips87's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing sad fast-paced

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

5.0

kjelu1022's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

mel_das's review against another edition

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4.0

A captivating way to show deep love and the confusion and pain and loss of growing up with this staggered timeline. Although at times it got a little too confusing, Oona's time change mirrors quite well the ache of aging.