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Good book. Interesting alternate history and interesting characters. I found the narrator to be very interesting. I felt we were learning to see her as she was learning to see herself.

gabmeti's review against another edition

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5.0

I want to immediately reread this. Study it. Swallow it whole. The book of the year.

sophie275's review

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dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

anaisrvlr's review

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dark emotional informative mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

A bit on the fence on that one. I loved the book within a book format and found the "author"'s realisations about her wife deep and touching. I wasn't sold however on the parallel dystopian United States. I'm not sure what it added apart from an occasion for the real author to make trite statements about the current situation in the US.

bookish_alone's review

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challenging dark informative mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.75

A really good book and though it took me sometime to get unto it, by the time we were in the second half, I just couldn't put it down. Loved it.

spellcheckbagel's review

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

4.0

harebear's review

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mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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