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The Other Mother by Rachel M. Harper

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ipekreading's review against another edition

3.0

Thank you NetGalley and RB Media for the advanced listening copy of The Other Mother.

The Other Mother is the story of a freshman college student searching for information on his late father who he never knew. He arrives in Brown University to find his grandfather is still a professor there. The rest of the story is told in perspectives of different people involved in his origin story. Overall this ended up being an okay read for me. I had trouble connecting with the characters motivations. Also half the people just happened to be prodigies in what they did. History professor, amazing ballet dancer and musical prodigies all in a single family. Also the book did a lot of telling instead of showing when it came to the racial issues it was discussing. I really did enjoy the style of telling the story from different perspectives.
The audiobook is narrated by January LaVoy and William DeMeritt and I enjoyed their narration.

earlym0rning's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

bkmckown's review against another edition

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2.75

The story was heartbreaking but the plot moved SO SLOW and the characters were frustrating.

mrsjessicasmith28's review against another edition

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challenging emotional medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

ankeesee's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

girlygirlreader's review against another edition

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challenging emotional hopeful mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This book had some many twists and turns throughout it it had me hooked from the beginning! The author did leave some aspects of the plot unexplored and open which I personally find frustrating but I know some people like to have things open for interpretation. It’s an interesting examination on family and perspectives. A great reminder that we can never truly know peoples intentions behind what they are doing until they tell us and guessing just leads to resentment.