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Grow Your Own Optimist! by Olivie Blake

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melsshelves's review

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funny mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

Favorites: The Devil’s Advocate and Once Upon a Time in Suburbia

ceereading's review against another edition

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challenging emotional funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.5

The first and second to last stories were my favorites. I was literally holding my breath reading them.

I liked this. In the way I like a lot of short story collections: that is to say I don’t necessarily understand them all, but there’s enough about them to keep me reading. Thought provoking and curious.

perfectly_kyla's review

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hopeful inspiring fast-paced

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

5.0

alexandrias_library's review

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emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

lybrarie's review

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4.0

I didn’t enjoy this one quite as much as the first anthology, but I still loved it. As always I adore Olive Blake’s writing style, her characters and her stories. This was a great read and a very quick one too.