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so-so

Readable but I'm perplexed by its making the #bookerprizeshortlist
Sadie's like a generic greetings card: attractive front, blank inside. It's problematic when we spend the entire time in her head as it renders the other characters and events flat, too.
She does make some sharp observations of people at times, so why did she find Bruno (a ten-a-penny boring old fart) beguiling?!
A couple of times it almost became thrilling but then decided not to.

BarbaraBB Almost 🤣 2w

Tamra I really don‘t have much interest. 🤷🏾‍♀️ 2w

TheBookHippie She‘s written much better books 🫣 2w

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Christine Well your review is very entertaining, at least! 😁 2w

Caroline2 Great review. I‘m so curious about this one but I might wait for a kindle deal. 2w

quietlycuriouskate @Caroline2 Let's put it this way: I'm glad mine was a library book. 1w

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quietlycuriouskate

Stone Yard Devotional | CHARLOTTE. WOOD

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I have yet to read Safekeep (my next-up) and Creation Lake but, as it stands, for me it's a contest between this and James.

It's a quiet, pensive, slow-paced book, with themes of grief, remorse, forgiveness. It explores how we go about the task of being able to live with ourselves (never mind others!) and whether "retreat" is a culpable or even possible response to the world. Oh, and there's a plague of mice to keep it real.

squirrelbrain This was my favourite until I read Safekeep. 2mo

BarbaraBB Such a good read. I‘d be happy to see it win too. Although my favorite remains The Safekeep 2mo

Suet624 I‘ll join the chorus about Safekeep. 2mo

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quietlycuriouskate

James: A Novel | Percival Everett

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I'm not American so I imagine this landed a little differently for me than for most of you, but it's a damn good story and I flew through it. I enjoyed the humour, flinched at the brutality (he must have been seething when he wrote some of those sentences!) and even had an unflattering self awareness epiphany.*
I'm delighted it made the #bookerprizeshortlist . I'm happy to discover a new-to-me author.

quietlycuriouskate * I realised I had this narrative in my head that Jim had to be an unequivocally good man. Even though it riles me up when people make the distinction of "the deserving poor", for instance. 4mo

Texreader So happy to hear how much you liked this one. I haven‘t read Huck Finn so I‘m sure I missed important parts but I really liked this book as well. If I had a complaint it was that some of the more despicable characters weren‘t written out of the story sooner. 4mo

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Cinfhen

10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World | Elif Shafak

I‘m midway through this #BookerPrizeShortList book and I‘m really enjoying it more than I expected. However, I‘ve read that the second half the book falls completely off the rails, so I‘m bracing myself for a potentially unpleasant surprise 🥴And speaking of surprises....look what was in today‘s mail @jenniferw88 ?!?!! I‘m pretty sure you went to Greece back in June!!!! Anyway, it was lovely to hear from you ☺️☀️Thanks for thinking of me 💛🧡💛

Cathythoughts I recently read Three Daughters of Eve & really like it ... for #lmpbc first time I heard of this author ... looking forward to tagged book. I hope the second half holds up 👍🏻♥️ (edited) 5y

jenniferw88 @Cinfhen June was Mallorca, Kefalonia the first week of September! 🤣 Glad it arrived OK! 5y

Cinfhen Oh, I forgot you took another holiday ~ lucky you @jenniferw88 and thanks again for the postcard / as for dealing with the heat, I stay indoors on those REALLY HOT days xx also your body “adjusts” over time ☺️ 5y

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Cinfhen I‘ll let you know @Cathythoughts 🤞🏼🤞🏼 5y

TrishB Interested to hear your thoughts 👍🏻 5y

Nute I hope that the second half goes well because I really want to read this book. 5y

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