L'estate dei mirtilli by Amanda Peters

4.08 AVERAGE

desertblossom721's review against another edition

3.25
emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced
Good but too slow for my preference 
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allisonpiskura's review against another edition

3.0
emotional reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

shmommysreading's review against another edition

4.5
challenging dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad tense 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

read2learn_01010's review against another edition

4.0
emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

sarahlovesliterature's review against another edition

4.25
emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

suchita's review against another edition

4.75
challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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ejanephillips's review against another edition

4.0
emotional sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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hira5218's review against another edition

4.0
challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
I thought this was book was tragic in a good way (in the only way this kind of story can really go). I wanted her mother and father to still be alive when Norma was reunited so there could be reckoning but I suppose this was more realistic. I also found that telling this story through a pair of two siblings in parallel as they went through life was really powerful, and allowed us to witness the domino effect of this single act (good analogy for how white supremacy functions). I think it’s missing a 5 because I just wasn’t as deeply connected to the characters and the stories, and I think I wanted a slightly stronger commentary.

kirstmanalang's review against another edition

3.0
dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

juliannegern's review against another edition

3.5
emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes