I really enjoyed this debut! I wasn't sure where we were going to be in terms of location and time period so I just assumed it would be England becausI really enjoyed this debut! I wasn't sure where we were going to be in terms of location and time period so I just assumed it would be England because most historical fiction I've read has been England. It's not! It's Pennsylvania in 1875. A female doctor working at Woman's Medical College. I found it fascinating and I'm glad the author didn't shy away from the gruesome side of death and autopsies. I also really enjoyed the mystery! Looking forward to Mukerji's next book.
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It took me awhile to get into this and I wasn't sure I was ever going to. I'm not sure what I was expecting out of it, really. But once I got into theIt took me awhile to get into this and I wasn't sure I was ever going to. I'm not sure what I was expecting out of it, really. But once I got into the Sonoro family's legacy, I enjoyed the book. It was still a little boring and stayed pretty slow but it did get more interesting.
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I liked this a LOT more than The Power. I remember just not really connecting to The Power and finding it having an agenda. I didn't feel the push of I liked this a LOT more than The Power. I remember just not really connecting to The Power and finding it having an agenda. I didn't feel the push of an agenda as much in this one. The forum chats were a bit meh and those were very hard to read in e-book form but I also had the paperback so I mostly read from that. Some parts got bogged down but overall, I enjoyed the "mystery" of the rabbit and the fox and where this lead. I will be checking out Alderman's next novel.
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How do you rate and review a book that was terrible? Terrible in the that this book broke me and I never want to read it again. If you have had or areHow do you rate and review a book that was terrible? Terrible in the that this book broke me and I never want to read it again. If you have had or are close to someone who has had any sort of childhood trauma (rape, assault, torture, abuse, drugs, sex trafficking), you will not want to read this. It was graphic (underage and adult sexual situations) and upsetting and it hurt my heart. And to know that the author wrote this based on his own similar experiences, it just...it's unimaginable. Horrifying. I need a Disney movie and a rom com stat. The author did what he set out to do, what any author sets out to do, make the reader feel something. I could not relate to a word of this book and I will feel it for a long time. I just didn't like one thing that's a spoiler - (view spoiler)[that we didn't get to see where the case ended up. (hide spoiler)] And I know that's not really what this book is about, it's about Dylan and his growth and bravery and facing his trauma and putting it in the past, but as an outside observer, I wanted, no needed, something to happen that didn't. But is also a reality for many abused children.
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Having just finished a very harrowing, graphic fictional account of a man who was sex trafficked and abused (among other things) as a teenager, I was Having just finished a very harrowing, graphic fictional account of a man who was sex trafficked and abused (among other things) as a teenager, I was expecting this book to be a lot harsher than it was. It's basically Orange Is the New Black. It's been a minute since I read OITNB but white woman incarcerated, do we really need another one? I'd rather hear from women of color who have it a hell of a lot harder than a "model" mom turned drug addict who got caught but then learned from it and turned her life around (eventually). I had the same comments about OITNB, where I was expecting a grittier story and was kind of disappointed. Oops. Sorry fellow white woman. DJ was an idiot and utter trash and you were an idiot to keep going back to him and thinking he would save you (or his mommy). The whole thing was his fault and yet you kept falling for his tricks. I'm glad she turned herself around but being/turning into this white woman savior to incarcerated women of color was just blech.
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I didn't really understand the point of most of these short stories once they ended. They just ended and there wasn't really a turning point nor a culI didn't really understand the point of most of these short stories once they ended. They just ended and there wasn't really a turning point nor a culmination, an actual end for the character(s). I did like that they were basically a chronological order of events where each story had a little something to do with the story before it.
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I don't even know what the heck this was but it was ridiculous. In a surprisingly good way. I don't even know what the heck this was but it was ridiculous. In a surprisingly good way. ...more
I would have not been able to read this when I got the e-ARC from NetGalley a year ago. But things can change in a year and things have. I'm in a compI would have not been able to read this when I got the e-ARC from NetGalley a year ago. But things can change in a year and things have. I'm in a completely different mindset than I was a year ago. So I was able to really enjoy this book! Day definitely tricks you and turns you on your head! Half the time I didn't know what to believe. But what fun that was!
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