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_2shay_ 's review for:
Family Family
by Laurie Frankel
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-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
Okay, this book has entered my new Top 5 hall of fame list. And I am now, just based on this alone, officially a Laurie Frankel fan!! Because wow this was one of the most unique reads I’ve ever come across and it was truly so insightful, thoughtful, and loving in the way it was told and touched on the topic of adoption. Idk if this is just a result of where I’m at in life right now, but my only critique is that maybe it could have been just a tad bit shorter, I got a little fatigued in the middle, but maybe I wouldn’t feel this way if I didn’t devour it all in such a short setting. Now the next sentence is a spoiler alert, but at the end we don’t know how the main character’s love story ends and who she chooses. And normally, something like that would have driven me CRAZY and cost the book a star. But in this case, Frankel writes this story so perfectly I didn’t find that bothered me at all, I felt happy with the love depicted and lowkey had fun leaving that up to my imagination (in my head, she ended up with both of them in a poly situation which maybe isn’t so far fetched given the uniqueness of their family as is). In fact, I might even be HAPPY she didn’t give a clear answer to that because I would have inevitably been disappointed either way if she ended up picking one over the other since I liked both options. So that just speaks further volumes to her writing style and I cannot wait to read more from Frankel!!