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TheBookgeekFrau
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Perfect 💒 3w
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RaeLovesToRead
Ablutions | Patrick DeWitt
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Mehso-so

DeWitt's debut was grim and grotty.

If you like books where people take lots of drugs and alcohol and poop themselves - and you've already read Trainspotting - then this might be for you, but it wasn't really my cup of tea.

Reasonable writing, but no redeemable characters and written in the second person, which should never be attempted.

Read his other stuff instead.

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Ruthiella Nice review…I will skip this. 😳 2mo
Leftcoastzen 😂 2mo
AnishaInkspill yeah, this was mad-hap 😂 2mo
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RaeLovesToRead
Ablutions | Patrick DeWitt
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Rae's number one rule of how not to be pretentious when writing a novel is:

NEVER use the second person!

Someone should probably also tell Rae that referring to oneself in the third person can be just as annoying 🤣🤣

jenniferw88 🤣🤣🤣 2mo
BarbaraBB 🤣🤣 2mo
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Andrea4
The Half Moon: A Novel | Mary Beth Keane
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Pickpick

I enjoyed this intimate look at the “peak of the storm“ of a couple's marriage set within the backdrop of an actual winter storm. It definitely has the atmosphere of time stopping a chance to pause and reflect, which they do with multiple flashbacks. I didnt mind the shifting in POV especially because the narrators changed for the audio. I liked and understood most of the subplots but maybe not Tripp's?

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rachaich
The Half Moon: A Novel | Mary Beth Keane
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Pickpick

Okay, I liked this book overall. I liked the chopping and changing between Jess and Mal, and how it biased whom I had empathy or sympathy with. But the subplots were odd. I'm not sure they were really necessary?
Good ending too.

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theokiereader
The Half Moon: A Novel | Mary Beth Keane
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I missed a full Bingo by about 75 pages. 😬 There's always this month!

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Jilly6183
The Half Moon: A Novel | Mary Beth Keane
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Pickpick

This story was so relatable to me. Like Jess, I'm a lawyer in my early 40s. We even have the same maiden name! And though my issue wasn't necessarily infertility, my husband and I wanted kids but it didn't happen for us for other reasons, and we both had to process that and grieve the what could have beens in our own way and time, and that puts a strain on a marriage. Keane writes beautiful novels with such realistically flawed characters.

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Octoberwoman
The Tender Bar: A Memoir | J. R. Moehringer
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I‘m posting one book a day from my massive collection. No description, no reason for why I want to read it (some I‘ve had so long I don‘t even remember why!). Feel free to join in!

#ABookADay2024

SilversReviews This was good. 12mo
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cariashley
The Half Moon: A Novel | Mary Beth Keane
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Pickpick

Oof, this is a tough review to write as it‘s very close to home. Keane writes about the world I grew up in and it‘s almost eerie how familiar it is. My dad has been a Queens bar owner my whole life and she really nabs the challenges of the restaurant industry, down to its shady dealings and side hustles. Even more personally, she captures the desolation of IVF and its impact on relationships in a way I haven‘t read before. Highly recommend. #botm

Christine Thank you for sharing that. Though I didn‘t have that personal connection to it, I really loved this one too. 1y
BarbaraBB That must have been a hard read for you. I am happy it was a pick ❤️ 1y
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Itchyfeetreader
The Half Moon: A Novel | Mary Beth Keane
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Pickpick

So torn! I found the writing here compelling but for the first half of the book was just epically frustrated by Jess and Malcolm - a married couple who didn‘t seem to communicate at all - then I realised despite myself I had been drawn in and raced to the end ! Book 4 for #outstandingoctober @Andrew65