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Let Me Tell You What I Mean by Joan Didion
5.0
"most conventional middle-class confrontation, the child vs. the Admissions Committee"
The Vanishing Stair by Maureen Johnson
3.75
A little slower than the last one. Really good set up for the next one
Once Upon a Broken Heart by Stephanie Garber
adventurous
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
She Drives Me Crazy by Kelly Quindlen
medium-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? Yes
2.75
I wish I liked this more, I went into it thinking I’d probably love it, but that wasn’t the case. The writing was too quick, never lingering in strangle beautiful moments like I would have liked. I would have liked a more in-depth look at Scottie’s grief in her healing process but it was so surface level and I just didn’t get that. I would say that this book is a tried and true rom-com, but almost too much so, the ending is straight out of a movie, in a bad way.
Every Gift a Curse by Caroline O'Donoghue
4.5
so so so beautiful so balanced and so incredibly well written. i think about these characters often