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  • 05-25-17

Not as good as her others, but glad I listened

This is not as good as Chiaverini's other novels, but I still enjoyed it. During the second half of the book, it skips around a lot for other people's perspectives. I found this hard to keep track of and had even thought I had accidentally skipped over to another one of her books. It was interesting, but disjointed toward the end.

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  • 09-30-16

Read more like Wikipedia than a novel?

I struggled to get through this one. Unfortunately it became a list of important dates and read alot like a high school history book.

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