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Famous Adopted People
by Alice Stephens
Usually when I start a book, I can pretty much guess what’s going to happen in it. Maybe not EXACTLY what will happen, but I expect it to hit certain beats and deliver what I expect.
Not this book. It took me in a completely different direction than I thought it would at the beginning. It went from being interesting to being riveting. I can honestly say there were a couple points in it that shocked me to the extent that I was left momentarily breathless. I won’t tell you anything about the book. Don’t read the description. Let the surprise wash over you like it did for me. It was the kind of thing where I said, “I’ll go to bed after this chapter,” and then at the end of the chapter I was like “HOLY SHIT, WHAT THE HELL?” And then I’d read another chapter.
Was the book perfect? No, I guess not. It’s probably more of a 4.5 star book. My biggest complaint is that I wanted more of an afterward than I got. But that complaint is A) exactly the kind of thing people say about really good books (“I wanted more!”) and B) soooo me. When I was a kid, my older sister would sometimes, if I asked her, make up new endings to things that either ended with me wanting to know more or that ended so sadly I couldn’t bear it. She wouldn’t change what was there, she’d just add more for me, so I could sleep at night. Maybe I can get her to read this book so she could do that for me. In any case, I suspect this issue is mine and not the book’s, so I gave it its 5 stars.
Not this book. It took me in a completely different direction than I thought it would at the beginning. It went from being interesting to being riveting. I can honestly say there were a couple points in it that shocked me to the extent that I was left momentarily breathless. I won’t tell you anything about the book. Don’t read the description. Let the surprise wash over you like it did for me. It was the kind of thing where I said, “I’ll go to bed after this chapter,” and then at the end of the chapter I was like “HOLY SHIT, WHAT THE HELL?” And then I’d read another chapter.
Was the book perfect? No, I guess not. It’s probably more of a 4.5 star book. My biggest complaint is that I wanted more of an afterward than I got. But that complaint is A) exactly the kind of thing people say about really good books (“I wanted more!”) and B) soooo me. When I was a kid, my older sister would sometimes, if I asked her, make up new endings to things that either ended with me wanting to know more or that ended so sadly I couldn’t bear it. She wouldn’t change what was there, she’d just add more for me, so I could sleep at night. Maybe I can get her to read this book so she could do that for me. In any case, I suspect this issue is mine and not the book’s, so I gave it its 5 stars.