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3.5 stars I have mixed feelings about this story. There’s a big twist. Which to me is always risky because you either like it and then feel like it was a great book, or you hate it and then hate the book. I think i fall more in latter than former. But it didn’t make me as mad as these types of twists usually make me.
Many people seem to have liked this one more but I thought it was too similar to the other one and I tend to not enjoy stories that are the same, told the same way and leave me feeling the same.
3.5 stars a quiet interesting book but i don’t think it will stay with me.
I must be the last person on earth who didn’t read this book (or didn’t see the show) but i finally read it. I enjoyed it too. Fast and easy read.
Wonderful and uplifting story about coming back home to yourself, about community, about support, found family, and real family. And friendship. Loved it.
3.5 sweet little story about belonging and being different. It feels a little like The House in the Cerulean Sea in spirit.
3.5 stars A neat and quick read about a mystery. An interesting twist with the main character being a medical student studying cadavers.
Jimenez writes lovely characters, sweet stories, and always has me feeling like i got a lovely, warm hug.
I picked this up whimsically because it was a Reese pick. It was a great start but, for me, it petered out. And in the end it was meh.
A major undertaking by Karen Russell. I knew practically nothing about the Dust Bowl and I really enjoyed this story set in a fictional town. I liked each of the characters and their unique perspective. I liked how visual and all around immersed the reader became in the story, it was a full five-sense experience to read it. I really enjoyed the touch of magical realism as well, what a unique and lovely way to bring some history into the story. Excellent book.
Sweet story of this family each with their own slight magic. This one is a bit more historical but I love the feeling these stories come with. Light, sweet and tender.
Sylvie is obsessed with her therapist. Not like fascinated but obsessed like she wants to spend 24-7 with her, thinks about her hundreds of times a day, stops herself from texting her nonstop. Wishes she could be her dog. And on and on. This story is mostly about how Sylvie’s obsession and therapy sessions. I can’t decide if I liked it or not but there were a few sections that really spoke to me: “Exactly. It’s hard when you see other people from the outside but you only know yourself from the inside. It’s so hard to compare.” “Well, you are seeing the inside of a person when you’re reading … you get to see their thoughts, not just the outside of them. And maybe you find that easier to relate to.” “Right,” Sylvie says. “It reminds me of your idea of videoing yourself so you can see yourself as a person,” the therapist says, “but the other way round.” “I’m seeing other people the way I see myself, from the inside,” Sylvie says. “It’s probably why a lot of people read—for human connection.” “It can feel easier to give your life over to someone else and have them make your decisions for you. But I don’t think that will work for you in the long run. At some point you will want to make the decisions yourself, for your life to seem real and true to you.” “Maybe a novel seems appealing because a novel has already been written,” the therapist says. “All the decisions have been made. You get to just see things unfold. But in life, you have to face the unknown and make decisions. It can be hard, but that’s what life is like for everybody. It’s all the unknown. Nobody knows what is going to happen.” I loved these little gems. with gratitude to netgalley and Farrar, Straus and Giroux for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review |
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