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I‘m not sure what to make of this novel that‘s less than a hundred pages

A mother and daughter is vacationing in Japan together which is neutral ground to them. Traveling between cities, visiting museums, temples and restaurants. Then the daughter is looking back on her past, her sister‘s past and uncle‘s past

For me there‘s a lot going on in such a short novel, but nothing is really explored

And I‘m not sure what the book was trying to say

4⭐️/5⭐️

I keep reading Ann Napolitano and the books just keep getting better. This is her first book that failed and I give it 5 stars! An Irish Catholic family, loss, the result of Catholic guilt and how women kept quiet in the past. Loved it. Her and Kristin Hannah are my go to authors.

#AboutABook #StunningCover I didn't end up liking this book, but thought the cover was pretty. Remember how much we disliked this book, Misty?
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This is an odd book, and I really wanted to like it more than I did, but the experimental, stream of consciousness style, and the tough subject matter made it a difficult read. Still, we shouldn't shy away from talking and reading about injustice and violence and death, and Wolf and Mrs Death are strangely likeable characters. This is really well written, I just didn't quite get it.

The only reason I didn‘t finish this in one sitting is because I had appointments this morning. There‘s something remarkable about how the book tells you what it‘s doing the whole time, and yet it never feels didactic or too clever. Really liked it.

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3.5⭐️ A really interesting book; some sections felt longer than they should have. A character study that looks at how war affects people on a daily basis. #2024 #historicalfiction #fiction #canadian #literary #bosnianwar

I LOVED Margo‘s Got Money Trouble and was happy to see this one on my shelf by the same author!!

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This was just not doing it for me. I kept putting it down and forgetting about it and then did not even remember what I had read previously when I went back to it.