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Alice Sadie Celine by Sarah Blakley-Cartwright

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sarahthethoms's review against another edition

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Just couldn’t get into it

wellfleetbooks's review

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adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

I enjoyed the story of the unexpected romance between a young woman and her best friend's mother. But something felt like it was missing. I never quite connected with any of the characters, though not because of likeability issues. And the final section with Sadie's daughter was a bit saccharine. I thought she had the voice of a child, not teenager. Overall not a bad read, but not outstanding.

gothbaby's review against another edition

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slow-paced

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

3.0

kate_cunningham's review

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medium-paced

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

1.75

emurph1808's review

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challenging emotional funny reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

everyone who doesn’t like this book just feels like that one meme about how people can’t handle complex female characters. i don’t think the point is character development, i think it’s more so just about female relationships, and the form they take, and feminism??? idk! but i did enjoy this lmao