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Lucky Dogs by Helen Schulman

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I feel like this book had a great idea of a story and really did think I would enjoy it. I had a hard time being interested and getting through it. I really thought I was not going to finish it but I have yet to do that for a book. I ended up having to rent the audiobook to listen too while I worked though because I was having such a hard time paying attention to physically reading it. I am a bit disappointed about it.

kendra_reads_24's review

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Writing style is not for me. Also not a fan of forced, cliche wording, and aren’t we all a little tired of talk of Donald Trump’s hair? To use him as an analogy two times within two pages made me roll my eyes and decide to close this one.

iriz_viriz's review against another edition

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dark mysterious fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.25

regan's review

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

3.0

ezreads_'s review

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challenging reflective slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

christylst's review

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fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

kailaelders's review

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mysterious medium-paced

3.0

I felt a little thrown around as the narrative switched between Meredith and Nina's stories. I liked both characters but felt certain sections describing seemingly random things would go on a bit too long. The spy/killing eve angle was interesting but sort of felt like it just dribbled away? By the end I didn't feel super gratified. It was sort of just a neutral read for me. Interesting how much was inspired by real events though.