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msmichaela's Reviews (545)
Wanted to like this so much, but I found it incredibly overwritten, and the Great Books through line felt forced and heavy-handed. With better editing, this could have been a real winner.
Didn’t realize I was buying a YA novel; I was just excited for a new Talia Hibbert. I found this disappointing, though — slow and pretty predictable, which is not something I would say about Hibbert’s adult novels.
I really appreciate Lynn Steger Strong’s character development, but the first-person omniscient POV really threw me. I’m also not sure the big plot reveals needed to wait until near the end? Definitely not as well done as FLIGHT, which I loved.
This initially felt a little gimmicky, like Strout was working hard to get all her characters to interact in the same novel. But about halfway through the story really snaps into gear, coalescing around Bob Burgess’ inner and out journeys. I ended up staying up late two nights in a two to finish it.
I am learning that Sally Rooney just isn’t for me. This novel feels so remote and distant, and the alternating chapter POVs didn’t help. I found the end totally unconvincing.
