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fateleanor's review
dark
sad
medium-paced
4.0
An interesting but ultimately depressing read. Explores family relationships and brings to mind the phrase ‘spare the rod, spoil the child’!
velocitygirl14's review
4.0
I bought it due to the book design catching my eye and then by the blurb on the back. I had this book sitting on my shelf for a while until I finally picked it up, intending to just read a chunk of it and save the rest for later.
I read it all in one sitting, so enthralled I was by the straight forward and somewhat soapy saga of two friends who end up raising two sons that for better or for worse end up twisting their father's legacies for them.
It can get melodramatic at places and the ending, despite being expected, was still a kicker. I'm glad that I came across the Apollo imprint, because I wouldn't have known this book existed. Well written and quietly emotional. Loved it.
I read it all in one sitting, so enthralled I was by the straight forward and somewhat soapy saga of two friends who end up raising two sons that for better or for worse end up twisting their father's legacies for them.
It can get melodramatic at places and the ending, despite being expected, was still a kicker. I'm glad that I came across the Apollo imprint, because I wouldn't have known this book existed. Well written and quietly emotional. Loved it.
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