Welcome to Litsy!

Another one I had such higher hopes for after loving the debut novel A Woman is No Man.
In some ways this was great because the MC was going through a terrible time with anxiety and depression which I felt was done well but it‘s not fun to spend an entire novel in the head of a person suffering so much. Was it intentionally miserable? Also, the sections with connection to the past was too thin, though I did like the ending.

Eh. I didn‘t enjoy this nearly as much as Miracle Creek. I think most of it was the young, overeager narrator. But I do appreciate Kim‘s thorough research! Minor #SophomoreSlump

Mia‘s dad has gone missing, and her brother, who has nonverbal autism and Angelman Syndrome, is the main suspect. Kim examines how the justice system treats disabled children and how this impacts the family during the pandemic. #botm

I did not think I‘d pan a Maggie O book, but this is a true #SophomoreSlump in her otherwise fantastic career. Characters with no depth. Motivations that don‘t make any sense. Several silly highly dramatic fainting spells. 🙄🙄 I think the best move of her career was to go from romance to historical fiction.

Shoutout to this copy that‘s been in my library‘s catalog since June 11, 2003, which is amazing because my library has a lot of turnover!

Not as consistently readable as the first one; plenty of great segments split up between more sloggy bits. Definitely in for the final volume, though. #sophomoreslump