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I'm finally accepting that I can't really write a full review for this one. For one thing, it's been too long and for another, I don't think I felt too terribly strongly about it. Definitely a well-written story with a really nicely built plot and a good dash of magical realism in there. I don't know why, but I didn't connect with this one as much as I thought I might. I think there were just a few small details that didn't work for me. I'll be curious to see if I feel the same way about her oth
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Ever since Charlie died, Vera Dietz has been trying to ignore it all. She works her shifts delivering pizza and numbs the pain by drinking. But when she's drunk, the Charlies appear - paper-thin versions of Charlie who want her to clear his name.
Despite the serious subject matter, there was a certain quirkiness about the story that kept it from getting too heavy - things like Charlie speaking to Vera through the pickles on her Big Mac, or the point of view of the pagoda eyesore that overlooks t ...more
Despite the serious subject matter, there was a certain quirkiness about the story that kept it from getting too heavy - things like Charlie speaking to Vera through the pickles on her Big Mac, or the point of view of the pagoda eyesore that overlooks t ...more
This is definitely not my normal type of book, but the theme of BookRiot's quarterly package this time around was giving some different genres a try (specifically sci-fi, romance and YA) so I'm going to do just that (even though I already read a ton of YA).
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I really liked it.
The plot could sound like a classic YA problem novel - yawn - but the story is so well executed that the whole things feels fresh. In a depressing sort of way. The darkness didn't always make for an easy read - Vera has her problems, and Charlie had his problems, and the whole town seems to have problems - but the mystery at the heart of the story kept everything moving along, and the occasional breaks into other voices besides Vera's worked surprisingly well (the Pagoda, for example).
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I can't believe how much I really loved this book.
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There was some really weird racism that was sort of tossed out in remarks made by Vera, but never addressed in any way. Were we supposed to infer that she knew they were racist or ???
There was also a "great spirit"....yet all of the characters were white.
Also, animals got hurt...no, thank you. ...more
There was also a "great spirit"....yet all of the characters were white.
Also, animals got hurt...no, thank you. ...more
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