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"Nineteen years before she decided to die, Nora Seed sat in the warmth of the small library at Hazeldene School in the town of Bedford."
That was absolutely riveting! How wonderful!
Full review coming June 2020 :)
"And Nora smiled as she stared at all the pieces she still had left in play, thinking about her next move." ...more
That was absolutely riveting! How wonderful!
Full review coming June 2020 :)
"And Nora smiled as she stared at all the pieces she still had left in play, thinking about her next move." ...more
Even though this book started off a little slow, I thought it was really good. I liked how it was written too.
Edit: 5/12/2021
You know what, even 9 months after I finished reading this book, out of nowhere, I'll start thinking about it. I guess it wasn't as mediocre as I initially thought.
So I'm bumping this up a star.
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I wanted to see what all the hype was about...
Reading the first half of the book, I was dissapointed. It was only a mediocre 3 star read, but it got slightly better in the second half. Yes, the plot does get a bit repetitive, but the writing was good. I could feel Nora's emotions and t ...more
You know what, even 9 months after I finished reading this book, out of nowhere, I'll start thinking about it. I guess it wasn't as mediocre as I initially thought.
So I'm bumping this up a star.
——×——
I wanted to see what all the hype was about...
Reading the first half of the book, I was dissapointed. It was only a mediocre 3 star read, but it got slightly better in the second half. Yes, the plot does get a bit repetitive, but the writing was good. I could feel Nora's emotions and t ...more
This book started out with a good story and then I got lost. I found it at times boring and not much happening. I thought this would be a great story, with more fantasy. I had trouble ending it.
it was interesting how life sometimes simply gave you a whole new perspective by waiting around long enough for you to see it.
this was my first read by this author and a book club pick, but it has also been on my to-read list for a while so yay that i finally got around to reading it. while it is to be considered fiction, it definitely also had life lessons to be learned vibes. one of the major focuses is on mental health issues, mainly depression and suicidal thoughts, so that may be a trigge ...more
this was my first read by this author and a book club pick, but it has also been on my to-read list for a while so yay that i finally got around to reading it. while it is to be considered fiction, it definitely also had life lessons to be learned vibes. one of the major focuses is on mental health issues, mainly depression and suicidal thoughts, so that may be a trigge ...more
It didn't work for me, this one. The ideas, in theory, resonate very much so. Parallel lives based on choices. Unfortunately this is too in your face, sledgehammered moral messages. All the subtlety of a children's TV show. I raced through in a few hours, there was nothing more than face value messages here for me.
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L J
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