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There is a *whole lot* going on in this one - honestly, probably too much and it could've been more tightly edited. That said, I found it to be a pretty compelling read, that I mostly enjoyed.

This book had a lot of potential and started out super promising… however, the amount of tangents it went on was a little too much… definitely a soft pick for me!

I think I've officially read my last Reese's Book Club book. She and I clearly do not vibe.

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I'm in Maine with a potentially creepy house (just started)
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Jane Flanagan returns home to Maine to lick her wounds after steamrolling her life and career while under the influence. There she reckons with her mom‘s recent death, her family‘s legacy of alcoholism, and the unexpected history of a house she “adopted” as a teen. There is a lot going on in this book between Jane‘s story, diversions into indigenous history, and first person deep dives into historical characters with connections to the house. ⬇️

…and everyone wanted to be Allison‘s best friend. But for some reason, she chose Jane, the nerd, the new girl, the one who reads novels at the bus stop before school because she liked reading novels, but also because she hoped it might disguise the fact of how alone she was 📚

That it will never come again is what makes life so sweet 🌙

The story started out promising. A woman buys an old house that is possibly haunted and hires a historian to look into the previous owners.
The story primarily follows Jane while she researches the house's past while dealing with her own personal struggles. The way all the past characters connected was very cool. However, this story goes on a lot of tangents that could have been left out.
Overall, it was good, but I had to push through a bit.

I loved this book to start, then I got a little lost with all the story lines, and then it finished strong. So overall a pick, but somewhat uneven.

It‘s a pick and I did enjoy it. But it was kind of all over the place and parts of it (in the middle, especially) read like a textbook, which was distracting and a bit jarring. I didn‘t care for the main character, either. Which all sounds like I didn‘t actually enjoy it 😳😄… but despite the unlikeable character and the disjointed narrative, it‘s still a compelling read.