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Cello: A Journey Through Silence to Sound
Kate Kennedy
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Slow Horses (Slough House, #1)
Mick Herron
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If you're going into this expecting a linear story based in realism, don't. Otherwise, this book is amazing. Molly is an unhinged icon. It's wild, it's inflammatory, it's hilarious, and despite the first glance, there are certainly deep themes of death and rebirth throughout the book, both obvious and subtle. If you loved Brutes by Dizz Tate, you're going to love this one.
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I did enjoy this one, some of the topics hit a little too close to home. Keru is certainly unhinged, but honestly, all of the characters are in their own little ways. It explores the themes of family complexities with humor and realism, which I appreciated. There's no sugarcoating or rose-tinted glasses. I do wish there was a bit more to the plot, and the storyline with Ethan was a bit more fleshed out, but overall worth the read.
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no one: Holly Wilson: oh you thought you had this book figured out? Hahahaha buckle up, the ride gets weirder
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A Sunny Place for Shady People
Mariana Enríquez
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Rental House
Weike Wang
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A Sunny Place for Shady People
Mariana Enríquez
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I'm glad I gave this one another go because I did end up enjoying it, but it did take a hot minute for me to get into the story. I'm kind of glad it ended the way it did because to me, it was more realistic. It came together neatly and the exposè was satisfying. Overall, would recommend
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Little Heaven
Nick Cutter
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I expected more from this in a few ways. The book was 95% relationship melodrama, 5% plague. Maybe it's the way this edition wrote the blurb, but it didn't really give what it was selling. If anything, the end of the world almost seemed like an afterthought while the characters are just struggling with each other. There is some realism to that, but the way Lionel and Co. responded felt like a charade of realism vs actual realism. It wasn't terrible, it just was not for me.
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This book isn't giving end of times post-plague, it's giving soap opera
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just a lot of romantic melodrama but no pandemic or anything yet??? talk about a slowburn
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The Last Murder at the End of the World
Stuart Turton
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Presumed Innocent (Kindle County Legal Thriller, #1)
Scott Turow
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The Last Man
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
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Liquid: A Love Story
Mariam Rahmani
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Legion
William Peter Blatty
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Legion
William Peter Blatty
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The Haunting
Natasha Preston