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Definitely a solid book with things to say about class and sexuality.

#Fitz reads 📚 The Beautiful and Damned was the best out of the bunch. 🩷

#booker23 5/13

Tan Twan Eng creates settings and characters like no one else.
I loved the Penang setting again, as I did all characters who are each so lovable in their own way. The plot is great too, the sorrow of times past beneath it all.

Tan deserves the Booker Prize, even though this is not my favorite book of his.

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78/150 An interesting look at one of the pivotal years in American history. While the author does stray from his subject at times, he does detailed work discussing the causes that led to monumental events of 1920, and also discusses the ramifications those events had on future generations. 3 ⭐⭐⭐ 1/2
3/15 for #Rushathon (I'm behind my pace) @DieAReader @GHABI4ROSES @Andrew65

My read tonight

This was okay. I found the two main characters' special abilities to not be developed well (like why do they have them and do other people?). The female audiobook narrator sounded too young and silly and I don't think this represents the character well.

An interesting story told in a disjointed way. The interview transcriptions, testimony or whatever they are, didn‘t seem to fit so early in the book and therefore became distracting. Then they disappeared in the latter portions, where they might have fit better. The “women who pursued him” part of the subtitle is misleading, too, as it mostly refers to Mabel Walker Willebrandt, the assistant US attorney general in charge of Prohibition violations.

This YA novel set amid criminal corruption in 1920s Chicago is a fun blend of mystery, historical fantasy and romance. It‘s told in alternating chapters—Ruby can read minds, and Guy can transform his appearance. I enjoyed the romp and the social justice theme, but ab-so-tive-ly pos-i-lute-ly became tired of the flapper girl slang.

Fabulous interior book design suits the 1920s setting. The Art Deco fonts are swoonworthy. Look at the ‘O‘ and the ‘G‘ in ‘Epilogue‘ and the decorative drop cap initial letter ‘R‘—the triple upright line, the circle, the kick that ends in a perfect spiral. 😍