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Selling the Dream: The Billion-Dollar Industry Bankrupting Americans by Jane Marie
informative
medium-paced
4.0
Seen You Before by Hilly Keen
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
4.25
I needed a sweet and easy palate cleanser of a book and damn but Seen You Before by Hilly Keen delivered. It was everything I wanted in a novella: short (153 pages), well-written, funny, and reading it felt like a warm nap in the sun on a late spring day.
The age gap was refreshing, because even though they have 11 years between them, she’s in her 30s. And I also loved that even though he’s a massive mountain man, he’s not just jacked. Like he has a regular body.
I will say the third-act conflict felt a bit overblown to me, but 🤷🏻♀️ the rest of the book worked so well I’m able to overlook it.