Better by Far by Hazel Hayes

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Better by Far

Hazel Hayes

3.94 AVERAGE

murphy_overbooked's review against another edition

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

3.5
challenging dark emotional mysterious slow-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

mollyjunemattison's review against another edition

5.0
emotional inspiring slow-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
Unsure if I’m biased since I’ve been a fan of Hazel’s for quite a long time and would have immediately read anything she ever writes but Better By Far holds all of the things I have loved about Hayes’ content. It’s got dry, Irish humor, heartbreak, and the biggest thing of all: love. Love seeps from each sentence whether from Kate’s family or friends or Finn or Kate herself. And I find that really truly beautiful. Loved this.
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dreaming_jpg's review against another edition

4.0
emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
A little bit of a drag at first, but very complex and almost haunting. Captures the feelings of grief quite well
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karli_loves_reading's review against another edition

4.0
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: Complicated
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readingforsurvival93's review

5.0
Hazel Hayes just broke my heart for the second time. The narration was beautiful.
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nenye_wordsandwhatnot's review

4.75
This is a book about grief and boy did it dig deep. 
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kjmerritt's review

4.5
emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced
Such a good depiction of grief, wow. Written in such a poetic way and the audiobook being read by Hazel really helped to connect me into the world and characters she created. 

explaura's review against another edition

5.0
dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes

kazoonate's review against another edition

4.0
The end made the book for me. It really wrapped everything up very well. Not the book I thought I was getting, but the book that I enjoyed in the end.

Good insights on art and grief. Not necessarily related, but they could be.