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3.39 AVERAGE

ranasun's review

3.0
adventurous slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Just not for me. Did not like the audio.
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pixieshot's review

4.0
adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

mgiard2288's review

4.0
adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
adventurous emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

I was so hopeful for this book, but it just did not resonate with me.  An incredibly gorgeous cover and I thought it was going to be delightful.  I think it had so much potential, but I felt like I was slogging through it.  I usually put books aside, if they don't quite jive with me at first.  Because it was for the challenge, that didn't seem like an option.  Quite honestly I just wanted it to be over!

This was my free Amazon First Reads e-book for February. Though it had some issues, I enjoyed it enough I will likely buy the physical edition to add to my bookshelf.

My biggest complaint is that 4-year-old Syrah communicates like she was 8 or 10. My second annoyance came from jumpy thoughts. It seemed as if sentences or connecting passages had been removed, resulting in a sudden and unpleasant jump from one event or thought to another. This issue improved as the book progressed didn’t fully disappear.

My inner tree hugger really wants to talk to trees and loved the personification of the forest. Overall, I really liked this book and would recommend it.

believeallthingz's review

5.0
emotional informative reflective medium-paced