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4.0
emotional funny reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Excellent character development. 

The story starts at the beginning of their friendship and  their book club in the 1960s and follows them through the decades. 

All the women are so different from each other and I love that their lives are interwoven through joy, heartbreak, good times and bad, and books. 

Sometimes the skip forward in time is disorienting. Big things seem like a blip, and smaller events are longer. 

But that’s kind of how life feels. 

This had a good ending, because it’s not an ending. I can see AHEB continuing into the future.