slow-paced
Loveable characters: No

Magda is a psychologist, and is mourning the death of her friend Sara. Sara's husband, Fred, gives Magda Sara's journal, and Magda also gets correspondence they exchanged.  Fred also asks that Magda take Sara's ashes for a while. Reading the journal, Magda discovers that Sara was planning a trip to New Mexico for them to celebrate Magda's birthday. Magda begins reminiscing about their friendship, and recalls a particular trip to Boston. 

This book is about friendship, finding love, and mending relationships. 

emotional reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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4.0
emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

What a heartbreaking and beautiful story. A true story of grief pulling someone into inner-reflection of wants, needs, loves. 
emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
slow-paced
emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
challenging emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes

while i found the end to be sweet, i just found myself not caring about any of the characters in this story. i did not feel a connection to any of them, and with a book that is heavily focused on character, it was hard to get through.
emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes