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constancepoplos 's review for:
The Book of Lost Friends
by Lisa Wingate
adventurous
emotional
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
My slightly lower score is in part due to my listening to this as an audiobook rather than physically reading it. I just found it hard to recall exactly where in the story we were especially in Hannie’s timeline. That said I did think the story itself was compelling. we follow Hannie, an enslaved woman searching for her family who was stolen from her, and Benny, an English teacher who strives to incorporate history into her teachings. Through alternating timelines we see history piece itself together. I did find it compelling though thought the romance was unnecessary and took away from the more important story. I also wish we had been giving more time with all of the characters to really get their backstories and understand why this story was important to them.