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The Poppy Fields

Nikki Erlick

3.88 AVERAGE

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

I'm going to need a bit to process this one. I can say, it gave off Fredrick Bachman vibes but just like her first novel I find myself asking what would I do. I'm pretty sure I know based on my reaction to page 283. Grief is such an odd beast and the exploration of it is always facinating.
dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
emotional hopeful 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: No
emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
emotional reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
challenging dark emotional hopeful sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Soft 3 stars for me.

Not a particularly surprising story, but it moved me and I did care about the characters. I would have liked a lot more exploration of Ellis or way less. The amount I got was unsatisfying. 

Another great one by the author of The Measure. I really like this author’s storylines and way of looking at things.
reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character