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Ashley
Apr 25, 2013 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: queer-content, adults
This book made me feel as desperately and inconsolably sad as I felt as a teenager about, well, basically anything and everything. Donoghue's descriptions of Pen's surroundings, her actions, and her memories were so visceral I couldn't help but feel in tandem with the character experiencing them all. It was a rough couple of days, reading this one. The only thing that shocked me out of it--and out of putting it on my books-i-love-more-than-people shelf--was the passage about red wings. I'm not s ...more
Simay Yildiz
Sep 28, 2015 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: lgbtq
Bu yazının orijinali zimlicious'ta yayınlandı.

Emma Donoghue ile ilk tanışmam, kitap kulübümüzle okuduğumuz ODA ile olmuştu. Kitap asabımı o kadar bozmuştu ki gecelerce kabus gördüm. Sırf bu yüzden bile Donoghue’dan çok etkilendim ve yazdığı her şeyi yalayıp yutmak istedim. Yazarın ikinci kitabı olan Hood, benim de okuduğum ikinci kitabı oldu. ODA kadar etkileyici olmasa da işlediği pek çok konu beni kalbimin tam ortasından vurduğu için yine epey bir etkilendim açıkçası…

Hood, 1990’ların başında D
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Deidre
Aug 05, 2009 rated it really liked it
Beautiful. Not a light read, the focus is on the week after her lover dies in a car accident. This book is beautiful nonetheless. Not depressing just very real. If you have ever grieved anything, you will see yourself in this character as she makes tea and drags through the days remembering the 13 yrs spent with her first love.
Caitlyn
Nov 24, 2008 rated it it was ok
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Apr 16, 2009 marked it as to-read
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Amy (folkpants)
Feb 01, 2011 rated it really liked it
Tynan Power
Mar 16, 2011 marked it as to-read
Shelves: queer, fiction, 1998
Gregory
May 19, 2011 marked it as to-read
Faith Reidenbach
Jun 09, 2011 marked it as to-read
Shelves: queer-fiction
Shana
Oct 17, 2011 rated it liked it
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Nov 28, 2011 marked it as to-read
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Jan 28, 2012 rated it really liked it
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Santina
Jul 28, 2013 marked it as to-read
Shelves: queer-shit
cat
Apr 16, 2014 rated it really liked it
Shelves: read-in-2014
Nicky
Aug 17, 2014 marked it as to-read
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Dec 30, 2014 rated it really liked it
K.N.
Apr 07, 2015 marked it as to-read
Lindsay
Jun 17, 2015 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
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Nov 22, 2016 rated it liked it
Michelle
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Sara
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