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Unfortunately I really didn't like this book. I was expecting a sweet forbidden lesbian romance set in Iran, and instead got a couple of naive selfish drama merchants -[cont in comments]
Also, be aware, though sold as a romance this is NOT A ROMANCE NOVEL.
I never got to my October recap nor have I finished all my October reviews but I wanted to get this posted finally. Finished 16 books & a short story, started one more & got further in Women Who Run With the Wolves (I‘m still way behind).
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pickI do love a bit of Japanese whimsy. Not so much a novel as a collection of short stories about people who need help finding a clinic open visible to people who need it, where the treatment is cats prescribed as emotional support animals ☺️ 🐈⬛. As a slave to two cats, I know how much snuggles from a cat can help!
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panI'm not a fan.
The snobbery, constant gossip and battle of egos just rubbed me the wrong way.
I only finished the book, because I was curious about who Rachel's dad was, and even that was a bit of a disappointment
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pickSuch an odd read. The plot is a bit over the top for me but the twists and turns based on weird house maps make up for that and kept me reading on. A light pick.
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Finished for October‘s #FictionalTraveler #Trees prompt, I quite liked this first book of the Crown Colony series set in 1930‘s Singapore. Su Lin, a young Chinese-Singaporean woman whose childhood bout with polio has made her walk with a limp & be considered “unlucky.”. Her uncle is trying to marry her off while her dreams are bigger. I like Sun Lin & her perspective on race & class & colonialism in Singapore. The ⬇️
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Hello, #FictionalTraveler (s)! It‘s November and we‘re heading to #Asia ! What will everyone be reading?
Also - I‘m trying to decide whether to continue #FictionalTraveler for another year. Please comment below to let me know your thoughts. 🤔🤓🙂
This month, I‘ll be reading The Travelling Cat Chronicles.
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Along with the unlikeable main characters, the prose is just not great. I really enjoyed one of Farizan's other books , so perhaps this was just a debut novel issue?