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A review by geraldine
Lote by Shola von Reinhold
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
t his book stressed me out so much even though the stakes were low like... mathilda living her life one day at a time and surviving... girl.... was just really worried for her. does a really good job of putting you into her headspace while also seeing it as an outsider looking in and getting soooo stressed, every time she slept in to some wild hour and missing things or waking up to someone banging on the door or GOD FORBID in her room.
do like how a lot of it was subtle and i think i'm just so burnt out on books that have no faith in their audience and reach out and shake them like THIS IS WHAT MY BOOK MEANS and lose any nuance in the process.
most striking scene to me waswhen mathilda and erskine-lily find hermia's room, very vivid and emotional scene and i also almost expected them to find her on the bed. in that moment i truly was a third person there with them both laying on her bed just overwhelmed with it all
got this book on interlibrary loan because there is apparently no ebook and also no library had it near me (it came from 1700+ miles away), and also it's due today so i stayed up until midnight finishing it. i am NOT paying a $1/day late fee
do like how a lot of it was subtle and i think i'm just so burnt out on books that have no faith in their audience and reach out and shake them like THIS IS WHAT MY BOOK MEANS and lose any nuance in the process.
most striking scene to me was
got this book on interlibrary loan because there is apparently no ebook and also no library had it near me (it came from 1700+ miles away), and also it's due today so i stayed up until midnight finishing it. i am NOT paying a $1/day late fee