4.07 AVERAGE

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

I’m clutching this book to my chest and crying. This hurt my soul in the best of ways

“She could see the similarities between these two lonely children… the same bookish wisdom layered over deep naïveté”
challenging emotional funny mysterious reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

well that was wild
challenging emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
emotional medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character

I enjoyed this so much it made me rethink giving five stars to other recent reads 

4.5 stars. Loved this one.
adventurous reflective fast-paced
emotional sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This book has been sitting on my TBR list for years, so I was glad when it was picked by my book club giving me the push I needed to finally read it. 

This story, set in what is considered an ideal community in the 90s, follows multiple characters in two different families who are total opposites and who have very different views on issues in the world. 

As much as I wanted to love this book, I just didn’t. I found it interesting enough to want to keep reading but felt that the story was all over the place and didn’t flow easily together. I felt that parts were also overly drawn out and could have been shorter overall.