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reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
This book is so lifelike it's startling - so many moments that feel truer than life itself. The prose is breathtaking, and Alexandra is so nuanced as a protagonist.
I could read this book every year and never tire of it.
A few remarkable excerpts:
"She had felt as if her heart were hiding down there, somewhere, with the quail and the plover and all the little wild things that crooned or buzzed in the sun. Under the long shaggy ridges, she felt the future stirring."
". . . the same pulling at the chain—until the instinct to live had torn itself and bled and weakened for the last time, until the chain secured a dead woman, who might cautiously be released."
I could read this book every year and never tire of it.
A few remarkable excerpts:
"She had felt as if her heart were hiding down there, somewhere, with the quail and the plover and all the little wild things that crooned or buzzed in the sun. Under the long shaggy ridges, she felt the future stirring."
". . . the same pulling at the chain—until the instinct to live had torn itself and bled and weakened for the last time, until the chain secured a dead woman, who might cautiously be released."
Content Warnings
Graphic: Domestic abuse
Minor: Emotional abuse, Death, and Sexism
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