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challenging
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
This book is about lost children being called by Doors to be found, and through literary magic, it’s like I, too, as the reader, walked through the Doors with Antsy and got lost in the Shop. As an adult who deeply relates to Antsy, it felt like I healed with her as the story moved forward. Many pages passed where I forgot the point of the book, just waiting for the next Door to open. Time flew by as I finished the book in one sitting—very fitting for the novel. In a moment of comic relief, I ended the book and said, “well, it’s a good thing I have therapy tomorrow morning!”
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Abandonment, Child death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Pedophilia, and Terminal illness
Minor: Pregnancy
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