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jcschlotfelt2313's review against another edition
3.0
This series of interwoven, first-person narratives touches on family dysfunction and success on your own terms. More often than not, the gambit succeeds with parts of the story told from different perspectives, illuminating or more-fully realizing the situation. However, two or three of the female characters (the more business and career-focused characters) feel flat, like collections of their ambitions rather than fully-formed people. They also lack the narrative voices as that most of the other characters have.
It's a nice story about understanding and over-coming obstacles, but only in the most dramatic scenes does the language go beyond serving the narrative.
It's a nice story about understanding and over-coming obstacles, but only in the most dramatic scenes does the language go beyond serving the narrative.
neens's review against another edition
5.0
a truly solid book with superb characterization. i had a tough time putting it down. i loved how different characters told a different part of the story each chapter. it was so well done.
jdk_21kd_q1's review against another edition
5.0
a truly solid book with superb characterization. i had a tough time putting it down. i loved how different characters told a different part of the story each chapter. it was so well done.
neens_123's review against another edition
5.0
a truly solid book with superb characterization. i had a tough time putting it down. i loved how different characters told a different part of the story each chapter. it was so well done.
heyitsemi's review
4.0
Disclaimer: I received this book for free through Goodreads Giveaways.
I just received this book in the mail yesterday morning and from the moment I opened the package to the last page, I couldn't put it down! The entire narrative was cleverly written with fast-paced back and forth between the characters. Each character is unique and multifaceted emotionally, making the characters seem real and had real depth that resisted a typical archetype label.
I just received this book in the mail yesterday morning and from the moment I opened the package to the last page, I couldn't put it down! The entire narrative was cleverly written with fast-paced back and forth between the characters. Each character is unique and multifaceted emotionally, making the characters seem real and had real depth that resisted a typical archetype label.
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