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3.87 AVERAGE
3.87 AVERAGE
Another winner from Joshilyn Jackson! She takes one of our favorite sub-characters from Someone Else's Love Story and tells her own tale.
Paula has lived a hard life, her mother's nomadic lifestyle and a stint in the foster care system have left her with some hard edges. But when she discovers she has siblings, she changes her ways to make room for them in her life.
Paula has lived a hard life, her mother's nomadic lifestyle and a stint in the foster care system have left her with some hard edges. But when she discovers she has siblings, she changes her ways to make room for them in her life.
This is my first Joshilyn Jackson, but hopefully not my last. She's a talented storyteller!
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26 Books in 2016 Challenge - Book you read with a friend (or, I know my friend Jenn will read it)
Extreme Book Nerd Challenge - Book published this year
The Opposite of Everyone was a wonderfully heartbreaking, hopeful, fast paced book about family and love. Paula Vauss is a highly successful divorce lawyer who is used to winning. Her life was not always so easy; growing up with a free spirit mother and the endless men and places her mother would take them was not easy. It has been decades since she last spoke to her mother but then she receives a life changing note from her. What happens next is a wild journey of discovering what family is and how to open your heart and life to let love in.
I loved this book and thought that it was superbly written. The characters were deeply flawed, raw, and complex; they were real. If you are a Joshilyn fan you will love this book.
I loved this book and thought that it was superbly written. The characters were deeply flawed, raw, and complex; they were real. If you are a Joshilyn fan you will love this book.
I've enjoyed every Joshilyn Jackson book I've read, and while this is not at the top of my favorites list, it does prove Jackson's skills. The main character is unlikable by most conventional standards and yet I felt myself glued to her every move. I enjoyed the unusual element of Hindu myth; though it was a bit jarring, Jackson typically juxtaposes unusual elements for a result that's greater than the whole.
3.3 -- a little disappointed in this one. I have adored so many of this authors other books -- Backseat Saints, and Gods in Alabama specifically. This one was a good, solid story, but didn't live up to her other novels.
I love Joshilyn Jackson's novels and this one doesn't disappoint. Her characters have hard edges and pasts that have shaped them but they have not defined them. There are some difficult images and stories of kids in group homes, bullying and struggling to defend themselves....but the redemptive conclusions are so worth the read.
A fairy tale, with interesting, flawed but lovable characters.
Loved it! This was a bit of a slow start for me, and wondering about the great reviews, but the story took off and I love dysfunction. Human behavior never ceases to amaze.
This was REALLY good. I don't know if it quite deserves a 5... I may downgrade to 4 upon further reflection. (Really, it's probably a 4.5.) But in the wake of having just finished its brilliance, and considering that I've been thinking about it all day, I'm gonna give it a 5 for now.
If you've never read Jackson, she does the South brilliantly. Her books are wordy and sharp and poetic, and you can just picture the dialogue being drawled at you over a glass of sweet tea. This is only the second one I've read, but I'm reserving more of them at the library as we speak.
If you've never read Jackson, she does the South brilliantly. Her books are wordy and sharp and poetic, and you can just picture the dialogue being drawled at you over a glass of sweet tea. This is only the second one I've read, but I'm reserving more of them at the library as we speak.