pickWOW!!! Such a difficult, heartbreaking, ugly story but written so beautifully and tenderly!!! Five golden shiny stars ?????I don't get why you didn't love it @Reviewsbylola @emilyhaldi My heart was broken repeatedly but I'm somehow left feeling hopeful. "Home ain't a place" and family is what you create. @TrishB @shawnmooney READ THIS BOOK!!!
Aleida Great pic and review. I‘m gonna check it out right now... hold on... 7y
Ms_T Great review and stacked 😃 7y
Reviewsbylola So funny. I️ thought for sure you‘d be #teamemily and #teamsteph. I️ was going to give I️t four stars for the first half but I️ thought the second half was downright PAINFUL. I️ need some back up here. 🤣🤣 @emilyhaldi @britt_brooke @Booksandcooks @L_auren 7y
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bookloo Also didn‘t love it, but I totally love and respect your review! Jojo is everything. Kayla too. ❤️ 7y
L_auren @Reviewsbylola of course I‘m with you BUT I‘m not shocked to hear that @Cinfhen loved it either! Just one of those books 7y
Cinfhen I get this book is messy & nasty but real life can be that way @Reviewsbylola my heart broke a million times for JoJo & Kayla @bookloo but Pop & Mam made me believe in the beauty of this world @L_auren (edited) 7y
Cinfhen This will probably be a top 5 for me @Ms_T @Aleida but it's definitely a book that might not be for everyone!!! I totally get that ❤️ 7y
Cinfhen But me thinks @shawnmooney will swoon for the haunting writing and gut punch after gut punch (edited) 7y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I loved it!!! Her writing is phenomenal! Can‘t wait to read more!! ❤️ 7y
readordierachel Yes! I loved this one too! 7y
Reviewsbylola For me, I️t wasn‘t the plot that caused issues, I️t was the way the book was constructed. The second half of the book had a totally different feel. I️t stopped me in my tracks. And puking in books doesn‘t bother me BUT I️t was so prevalent in this one that I️ wondered wtf I️ was missing. Was I️t supposed to mean something? 7y
Reviewsbylola I️t certainly is a polarizing book! @L_auren 7y
Tamra Now I really want to find out! Love the diversity of perspectives! 7y
TrishB Not too much animal violence? I really want to read but heard there was. 7y
Cinfhen The first chapter has the killing of a goat but it's not really relevant to the story - you could easily skip that part because the rest of the book is phenomenal!! @TrishB and even the slaughtering of the goat isn't done as a violent act (edited) 7y
TrishB Sold 👍 have some b.day book tokens left..... 7y
AmyG I loved this, too. 7y
britt_brooke @Reviewsbylola I‘ll back you up! Once the second ghost appeared, I was out. Also, I didn‘t like how everyone‘s narrative voice sounded the same and didn‘t really seem to match the characters. There were some words that definitely would‘ve never come from Leonie‘s mouth that appeared in her thoughts. That didn‘t work for me at all. Also, the excessive puking. I panned it. @Booksandcooks @emilyhaldi @L_auren 7y
Cinfhen When I started reading negative reviews which mentioned ghosts I was sure I was going to HATE this novel but I found the “spirits” to be guides and wholly part of the story. Mam talks about how “bad deaths” can leave you in such a state and I thought that all rang true and authentic. I get your issue with the common narrative but that‘s because JW style is so distinct that all her narratives were lyrical to maybe a small fault @britt_brooke 7y
shawnmooney @Cinfhen So glad to hear you loved it! I don‘t think it‘ll be for me but I may try it. It‘d be nice to be pleasantly surprised for a change! 😘😍😘😍 7y
britt_brooke @Cinfhen I can see your points. 😉😘 I liked Salvage the Bones, but this one just didn‘t work for me. 7y
Cinfhen Fair enough, don‘t want to disagree with my favorite birthday girl 😘😘😘 @britt_brooke 7y
britt_brooke @Cinfhen 😆💚😘 7y
emilyhaldi I‘m gonna back up #teamstephlaurenbritt here. I liked the first half and I actually really enjoyed the plot but those GHOSTS. They were so distracting and out of place for me that it totally ruined the good. Maybe I will try her other one! @Reviewsbylola @L_auren @britt_brooke Glad you loved it @cinfhen! It seems right in your wheelhouse 😄 7y
erzascarletbookgasm This book is on my wishlist! I‘m very curious, now that it‘s such a marmite book. But did someone say GHOSTS??! 7y
batsy Love your review, @Cinfhen. And your passion for what made you love it ❤️ I've heard many good things about Ward so I definitely need to read her soon. 7y
Megabooks So I‘m on #teamlaurenstephbrittemilymeg! It really was the ghosts that made me hate it. I get your point about difficult deaths, but I especially didn‘t like the prison ghost and even more the way that plotline was resolved. I felt it detracted from the book. The vomiting didn‘t help. Overall, the weaknesses were greater than strengths on this one. @emilyhaldi @Reviewsbylola @L_auren @britt_brooke Long day at work = late arrival to convo 7y
Megabooks But I‘m really glad you loved it @Cinfhen 😘 every book should get some love! 7y
Megabooks @TrishB I‘m a vet and easily bothered by animal scenes. This one in Sing was respectful and didn‘t bother me. The scene I skipped half of in Bonfire tonight, disrespectful and difficult. 🤷🏻♀️ My two cents! 7y
emilyhaldi @Booksandcooks didn't know you were a vet- how cool! We love animals in this fam 🐶🐱🐰🐹🐶🐱🐶🐱🐱 I️ haven‘t heard this about Bonfire yet... eek 😬 7y
Megabooks @emilyhaldi Thanks! I love being a vet. Yes, there are a couple of traumatically killed pets in Bonfire. I guess they sort of advance the plot, but honestly, I found them a bit gratuitous. It‘s a better book than I thought. The audio is good. But my expectations were pretty basement. It reminds me of All the Missing Girls, but not as interesting. 🤷🏻♀️![[tagged book]](https://image.librarything.com/pics/litsy_webpics/icon_taggedBook@3x.png)
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All the Missing GirlsL_auren @Booksandcooks I‘m not liking Bonfire 🔥 😂 7y
Megabooks @L_auren I think I‘m only liking it because the audio is good. The plot is terribly mediocre. (Sorry for the thread hijack Cindy.) 7y
Cinfhen Don't let those ghost comments sway you...they work as a flashback and I found them very influential to the story @erzascarletbookgasm I hope you get to this book @batsy & Jessie💚 7y
Cinfhen Chat away @Booksandcooks I love being in on good bookish conversation 💗 7y
Cinfhen I will hopefully read Bonfire via OverDrive but as of yet it's not even in their database!! @Booksandcooks and if I don't get to it I'm ok with that!! I'm just glad that I didn't let the negative reviews stop me from this one. I REALLY loved it, ghosts and all!!!! 7y
TrishB @Booksandcooks thanks 👍 I may give the other one a miss! 7y
Marchpane I'm in your camp on this one Cindy, so happy that you loved it ❤️💕❤️💕 7y
Cinfhen Yay @Marchpane glad we're on the same page ❣️❣️❣️ 7y