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So I know this is intended to be morally ambiguous on several levels, which it is, but I‘m not exactly disposed to be sympathetic to the plight of a grown man who feels he‘s being manipulated by an oversexualized teenager. I‘m fact, none of the characters came across as likable or overly sympathetic. And the slightly ambiguous ending left me cold. #NovelNovember @Andrew65

I didn't enjoy this one as much as the first one, but I can't figure out why. This was clearly my type of book, and it had a lot of elements to it that I love. Just, something was missing to make absolutely love it. I enjoyed listening to it, and I really liked the story. I had been very curious about this couple since the last book. Now I am completely satisfied and can't wait to enjoy the next book.

@Bookwormjillk @suvata @vonnie862 #LitsyMarkUpPostalSwap This is a cute story and, as you can see by all of those paper clips, I did have a lot to say as I read it. Maybe it‘s because I‘m also reading and much more interested in Fairy Tale by Stephen King, but I felt myself getting bored several times with this one. Revisiting characters from Waxman‘s other books was fun. This one was just ok.

I always enjoy a good military fiction, especially when the author knows his subject. Classic 'shit rolls downhill and turns into a clusterfreck that the hero is unjustly blamed for.' You actually spend a good part of the book wondering who the good guy is.😁

Initially I enjoyed the portrait of her mother & her mother‘s attitude towards life, despite gradually losing her stamina & ability to walk unaided. Some of the author‘s descriptions during her walks around London caught my interest as I have no experience of that city but its airport! But I lost interest quickly, bailed, & returned it to the library.

I am just not feeling this one at all.

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So Elizabeth McCracken insists this book is fiction but…
this memoir, not a memoir, but really IS a memoir, left me unmoved. The writing was really good and the right elements were all there yet, the story of a daughter mourning the passing of her mother didn‘t leave any kind of impression. Meh ? Note to EM: "If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck."? ? #JustSayin

I love love love this book. (Actually everything Catherine Ryan Hyde writes.)

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2 independent books, a memoir & a book of poems. The other 4 are buddy reads: #literarycrew #historicalfiction ; #sundaybuddyread #nonfiction; #pemberlittens #chapteraday #readalong; #janeandthexcellentreadalong