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I loved this book. Tana French is a genius at character development. I grew to love each and every character (even the ones needing a good as whooping). I absolutely adore her descriptions of the rooks. This book really does get better and better the further along you read. I can't wait to read the second in this series !

This book is beautiful. It took me a little while to get into it, and I had a hard time differentiating between the daughters, but as I continued to read and learn the daughters, it became easier. I couldn't put it down. It's heartbreaking and humorous and beautiful. Everyone should read this. 

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This is a collection of 3 novellas about a schizophrenic whose hallucinations help him solve mysteries and how he copes when things begin to completely fall apart. This was so much better than I imagined it would be.. I loved each and every character (or "aspect," as Leeds calls them.)  The ending tied everything up nicely, but it left me wanting more! Only because I loved this so much and I want more of these characters and their adventures!!

The twist at the end shook me to my core!! I was NOT expecting that!  Robots have always creeped me out and this book did not disappoint. 

"Because there are two sides to this story: one shimmering with privilege and affluence and nobility, the other blunted by sorrow and privation and neglect. What we forget as a culture is that BOTH stories are worthy of our attention." ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐  Ariel Lawhon is the reason I've been reading so much historical fiction lately and she DID NOT disappoint with this one.  I don't want to give away any spoilers, but this one is tragic and so well written.  Would recommend and will definitely be reading more of her novels. 

I don't know if I could say anything about this book that would do it justice. This is one of the most beautiful books I have ever read. The author gives you a glimpse of 10 separate people, whose lives intertwine in the most extraordinary ways. Each character teaches you something, answering questions you didn't know you needed answered. I love this book so much and will recommend it to everyone!! 

So good! I love reading about the author's childhood and the relationships he has with his friends (which are the only true things in this book). I love the true crime vibe, complete with pictures of "victims" and "crime scenes." This one ended on a cliffhanger!! So now I'm anxiously awaiting part 3.. 

I enjoyed this one. It started off a bit slow, but it definitely redeemed itself. I would have liked to have seen the moroi a bit more, like more moroi and less war flashbacks, but I still enjoyed the story. I love each character in this series. I can't wait to see what they get into in book 3. 

I really wanted to like this, but it was just meh. I can see what the author was going for, but it was too much for me. "Was it just this morning that we talked about making the station look like a farmhouse? Pietro says. It feels either two months ago or otherwise five years." And that's how I felt reading this book. Like it had been five years since I started it and I just wanted it to be over.  So many long, drawn out descriptions of the same things over and over again. So many lists. SO MANY run on sentences. It seemed like the author was trying too hard. I really enjoyed the thoughts of the astronauts and the interactions between them. If there had been more of that and less of the author's ramblings, I may have enjoyed it. 

I was pleasantly surprised with this one. I thoroughly enjoyed it. It started off a tad slow, but once I got into the meat of the story I couldn't put it down. Reads like true crime (complete with pictures of the "victims" and "crime scenes") and kinda has a Virgin Suicides vibe. I thought I knew who the killer was and I was wrong! This is such a great tribute to the author's hometown. I will be reading the sequel.