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Staying home today so I can rest. There is a storm brewing and it‘s so nice and quiet. Nature can provide the perfect backdrop at times.

This one has been on my TBT for a LONG time. Looking forward to seeing if it‘s as good as I hope!

This was so much more than anticipated. Not my typical genre, so I was hesitant. But, the depth and range of emotions that the author both explores in her characters and elicited in me as a reader kept me hooked almost from page 1. It's part thriller, part mystery, part psychological drama, part family story, part horror...and part humor. Sally is a complex character, and the story of her parentage becomes more & more horrific as it is revealed.

Finally finished this book and loved it BUT the first half took me weeks to read because nothing really happened and I wasn‘t invested in the characters. The second half I gobbled up in a couple days. Basically, it‘s the story of gay siblings living together and their day to day life. They have a large, complicated yet lovable family and though far from perfect, they have each other‘s back through rain or shine with ALL the love.

A disturbing topic but a fantastically written book, half listened on audio which again was wonderfully narrated by two people reading Sally and peters stories , they were so so good it was like listening to a play. Half read the physical book. So glad we choose this for our bookclub as so much to talk about & the ending !! Omg ! Has put other books Iv read recently to shame for being so badly written- iron flame comes to mind !

Wow 🤩 this book on audio is stunning 🤩 2 narrators reading as Sally & Peter. I‘m also reading alittle and listening a lot I‘m not a huge audio book lover but when life takes over & you‘ve no time to read a physical book it‘s wonderful to listen & especially when it‘s as blinking fantastic as this. It‘s like listening to a play or tv show. After a few disappointing reads this month this one is a clear HUGE winner 🏆

A rare case of “I think the movie did it better.” Whale Rider is a powerful story, but I found it cinematically more moving (which is a rare take for me). I listened to the audio on this reread and think that perhaps it would have benefited from not being read by the author. Not my fave Ihimaera.

Holy moly! Sally is born to a young girl who was kidnapped and kept hidden. They escape captivity and Sally has to learn how to compensate living in a world that views her as strange. Strange until we meet her brother and then I believe Sally may not be that weird! A scary true story. 😳