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The Other's Gold
The Other's Gold | Elizabeth Ames
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An insightful and sparkling novel that opens on a college campus and follows the friendship of four women across life-defining turning points Assigned to the same suite during their freshman year at Quincy-Hawthorne College, Lainey, Ji Sun, Alice, and Margaret quickly become inseparable. The leafy green campus they move through together, the idyllic window seat they share in their suite, and the passion and ferocity that school and independence awakens in them ignites an all-encompassing love with one another. But they soon find their bonds--forged in joy, and fused by fear--must weather threats that originate from beyond the dark forests of their childhoods, and come at them from institutions, from one another, and ultimately, from within themselves. The Other's Gold follows the four friends as each makes a terrible mistake, moving from their wild college days to their more feral days as new parents. With one part devoted to each mistake--the Accident, the Accusation, the Kiss, and the Bite--this complex yet compulsively readable debut interrogates the way that growing up forces our friendships to evolve as the women discover what they and their loved ones are capable of, and capable of forgiving. A joyful, big-hearted book that perfectly evokes the bittersweet experience of falling in love with friendship, the experiences of Lainey, Ji Sun, Alice, and Margaret are at once achingly familiar and yet shine with a brilliance and depth all their own.
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LeslieO
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Eggs 🧡📙🌟👍🏼 3y
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squirrelbrain
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Panpan

Meh! This could have been so good (and I love campus novels usually) but it needed some serious editing. There were endless, clumsy, sentences that didn‘t make sense, the wrong words used in some places and some glaring errors in plot lines.

Also the four MCs weren‘t well developed and the final plot line of the 4 was just WTF!?

I was going to give it a so-so but, having written my thoughts down, it definitely feels like a ‘pan‘.

Cinfhen That‘s disappointing 😞thanks for the honest insightful review 3y
rockpools Oh dear 🙁 3y
Caroline2 Argh! 🙄 how disappointing! I‘ve had a disappointing reading wkend too. One bail and one meh 😒 3y
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squirrelbrain Urgh @Caroline2 - so frustrating when we need good books right now.... 3y
Caroline2 Exactly! 🙄 I‘m not angry...I‘m just disappointed!!! (that‘s always worse when your parents say that isn‘t it!!!) 😆 3y
squirrelbrain @Caroline2 - so true! But I bet you say that to your kids now.... 🤣🤣 3y
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Annie1215
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I wasn‘t sure how I was going to feel about this book until about half way through when it started to get my buy in. I‘m always a fan of flawed characters and examination of relationships so as we got more insight on all these characters I got more in to it. I would give it 3.5-4/5 ⭐️
I‘m one step closer to a bingo on #bookspinbingo

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Great progress!! 4y
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Annie1215
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First day back at work after vacation kicked my butt. 10 hours and 250 pending emails later...I‘m starting my next read from the comfort of my bed.

LeslieO I‘ve heard good things about this one. 4y
UwannaPublishme Whew! Hope the rest of your week goes well. 🤗 4y
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Ashley_Nicoletto
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Book 13. What‘s the worst thing you‘ve ever done? This book follows four best friends from college into adulthood and we see their joys and sorrows, but we also witness the worst thing each of them has ever done. I almost DNFed this one until we hit part 3 and the biggest “oh no she didn‘t” moment and then I was hooked.

Flaneurette I‘ve been wondering about this one..I waited forever to get it on overdrive and by that time I had moved on to other things so I never did read it. Interested to see what you think in the end 4y
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Christine
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Dropped off a book at one of my favorite Little Free Libraries today, only to find this one (which I had read and really enjoyed via library audiobook) for the taking. It's one I‘d reread, for sure. 💙

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Eringogreen
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Bailedbailed

It may be because I just finished “The Only Plane in the Sky,” but I can‘t get invested in this one. Life is too short.

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MelissaSue81
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Oh my. What a hot mess of a book. The description sounded SO good, but it was so bad. The four main characters were so underdeveloped that I could not differentiate them from each other. The storylines were disjointed and not told in a way that made sense plot wise. And the final story was just so WTAF that I wanted to throw the book across the room.

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MelissaSue81
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Is it just me or does this very long sentence not make sense?

Librarybelle It‘s oddly constructed. 🤔 4y
smilingshelves I would not want to try to diagram that sentence! 4y
TheAromaofBooks It's always awkward when you aren't sure what the point of the sentence is! 4y
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Skeebies05
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Ok, yes, this does very much confuse people. Two Kansas Cities in two different states. Yes, the bigger city is the Missouri version. Blows peoples minds who are not from here. 🤷🏽‍♀️

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Hoopiefoot
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Last stack of library holds for the year before I switch over to reading my own books for the rest of the year. What a stack to go out on—I‘m looking forward to every single one of these!

Sace The Nickel Boys was really good. 4y
Mandoul I loved Sakyong Mipham, who got me running again after a long break! Hope you enjoy 😀 4y
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Christine
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I was impressed by this intense, sometimes wild, often relatable story of female friendship and its complex, emotionally rich characters who make some big bad decisions yet plenty of good ones along the way. Great Julia Whelan narration, too. Love this quote: “It was not possible to rescue anyone, she knew by now, but you could recognize her. You could see what she showed you, flinch and keep looking, let her find in your own face the truth.”

Megabooks Sounds great! 5y
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monalyisha
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A book about female friendship, recommended by Jesmyn Ward, & compared to “The Interestings” by Meg Wolitzer?

God(dess), yes. I‘m SO in.

TheNerdyProfessor I just picked this one up too! 5y
MicheleinPhilly I added it to my TBR as soon as I got that GR email from Jesmyn Ward! 5y
monalyisha @MicheleinPhilly Right? Good sell! 5y
Hooked_on_books @MicheleinPhilly @monalyisha Me too! If it‘s good enough for Jesmyn… 5y
rachelsbrittain Jesmyn Ward's recommendation got me too 😂 5y
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Hazel0303
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Mehso-so

I'm falling into the so-so camp on this. I feel awful about it, but it wasn't at all what I was expecting. I blame myself more than the author.

Full review here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2758615051

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Hazel0303
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#currentlyreading I think going to be a 2-3 star. Disappointing for sure.

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mrozzz
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I‘ve been on a roller coaster of emotion these last several weeks. My husband & I got news that a friend passed away unexpectedly at age 29 & though it took a day to hit me, it really packed a wallop. I wasn‘t reading much as we waited for a date for the wake/funeral and then we spent the past weekend crying & remembering him. The shining light through it all, aside from the rest of our dear friends was a job offer (!!!) and, always, new books 💕

BennettBookworm So sorry for your loss 5y
xicanti I‘m so sorry about your friend. 5y
MicheleinPhilly I‘m so sorry Mel. ❤️ 5y
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squirrelbrain So sorry to hear about your loss - thinking of you and your husband 5y
TrishB Sorry to hear 💔 5y
JenReadsAlot I'm so sorry for your loss. 5y
Litlady So sorry .. thinking of you. 💔 ((Hugs)) 5y
JacqMac Sorry for your loss.💕 5y
BarbaraBB Oh how horrible. Wishing you lots of strength ❤️ 5y
Eyelit Sorry for your loss. Take good care 💜 5y
Redwritinghood That‘s rough. 💔💔 5y
saresmoore So sorry for your loss. ♥️ 5y
Dragon So very sorry for your loss 💔 5y
batsy I'm so sorry ❤️ 5y
vivastory I'm so sorry to hear this 5y
DaveGreen7777 Oh, no, I‘m so sorry! Sending healing energy your way! 😔 5y
cobwebmoth I'm very sorry for your loss. 5y
sudi Sorry for your loss 💔 5y
jpmcwisemorgan I‘m sorry for your loss. 5y
silentrequiem I'm so sorry. ❤️ 5y
JessClark78 Sorry for your loss. ❤️ 5y
Lreads I‘m so sorry for your loss. 💔 5y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I‘m so sorry 💔 5y
Jas16 I am so sorry for your loss 5y
SconsinBookyBadger Hugs to you on the loss of your friend 😞 5y
Megabooks I‘m so sorry for your loss, but I‘m glad there is the silver lining of a new job. 💙💙💙 I really enjoyed The Swallows. 5y
emtobiasz I‘m so sorry for your loss. I hope that job offer is a weight off your mind, even if your heart is heavy ❤️ 5y
zuzia I am sorry for your loss. 5y
youneverarrived So sorry for your loss. ♥️ 5y
Bookzombie I'm so sorry for your loss. 5y
mrozzz @Megabooks Thank you so much. 💗 The job is going to certainly help focus myself elsewhere, thank goodness. I'm very excited for The Swallows- it lifted my spirits when I opened the package and saw that I'd won a finished copy. 5y
mrozzz @emtobiasz 💖 💖 💖 Thank you. Yes definitely, and I was honest with the new company about what I've been going through and they offered to help in any way they can. It was great to have something good come up amidst the very sad. 5y
mcipher I‘m so sorry for your loss. That‘s such a rough thing to go through. Sending you best wishes for the new job and for making it through this tough time. ♥️ 5y
mrozzz @mcipher thank you so so much. 💗 We are taking it one day at a time and keeping him in our thoughts 5y
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JSW
The Other's Gold | Elizabeth Ames
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Incisive, honest and recognizable story about four women and their friendship over time and through tough events. The author never forces happy endings or reckonings; this will either be refreshing to you or you will be frustrated by the grey area. I found it a wonderful and deeply satisfying read. It‘s so great when women are allowed to be complex and imperfect, yet still loveable and worthy Of loyalty.

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PNWBookseller85
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A story about four friends, each section focused on a massive mistake and the ways that they get through the fallout together. It was beautifully written, with so much empathy and compassion and description so vivid and emotional. I loved it. On sale 8/27.

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