How Does that Make You Feel, Magda Eklund? by Anna Montague

3.45 AVERAGE

hanlan's review

3.25
medium-paced
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joylesnick's review against another edition

3.0
A 70 year old therapist grieves her best friend’s death with a lovely supporting cast of characters. No real plot, just character development. Nice for what it is, but not exactly what I expected it to be.
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backlogbooks's review

General disclaimer: this is less of a review and more of my notes so i can describe the book in the future. 

A coming of age about a 70 year old woman who has to come to terms with the death of her best friend, the repression of her sexuality, and how she wants to live the rest of her life 

  • oh my god this book made me so emotional 
  • very good snapshot of LGBT issues before/during the 2000s
  • very focused on Magda coming to terms with never knowing what could have been with Sarah 
  • loved the depiction of mourning what could have been, and of taking small steps forward 

skellyberg's review against another edition

2.5
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

lb5's review

4.0
adventurous emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
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moirab's review against another edition

4.0
emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
While slow at parts I loved the main character so much by the end

debra2deb's review against another edition

5.0
dark emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
At first this is a difficult book, but it was worth sticking with it. 
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curious_artifact_reads's review against another edition

2.75
reflective sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

mrytting's review against another edition

3.0
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character

marissabolanos's review against another edition

2.25
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No