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Did You Hear About Kitty Karr? by Crystal Smith Paul

2 reviews

thissagreads's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

1.5

I reeaalllyyyyyy wanted to like this book but the pace moved too slow and all of the characters had far too much resentment (and trauma) to even conceptualize healing or sharing emotions with each other. Incredibly frustrating! Additionally, the author jumped back and forth between the past, present AND characters which made this a very confusing audio to listen to.

The things that saved the story from being DNF?
1. Reading about a black woman who passes in old Hollywood.
2. The narrators

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lipliplip's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.0

I liked reading this overall and there are important topics discussed throughout and through an interesting now and then lens. I echo other reviewers thoughts that it is reminiscent of Evelyn Hugo but that the book could have been a bit more concise, especially when it came to characters included and their ultimate importance to the story - I often found myself having to go back and reread earlier parts in order to understand what was going on due to that and some confusing writing. This has not turned me off from this author though as liked the plot as a whole and could see what she had envisioned for the book.

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