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Ok, I‘m going to have the #unpopular opinion here, but I thought this story was way too slow. I liked the characters, the beachy small town setting, even the premise. But it was just a little *too* cozy for me, and I liked the first book much better.

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The Great Alone: I listened to this during the storming of the capitol in January, and just couldn‘t take the unrelenting suffering.
The Girl in the Mirror: There was too much I couldn‘t buy into, and the main character really grated on me.
The Cracked Spine: Just a big letdown because it had all the things I love. The protagonist was interrogative in an annoying way. But it‘s the first in a series and I would read others.

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The Outrun is almost like a meditation. It‘s beautiful but very slow going, and not much plot.
The Truth About Animals is full of busted myths about all kinds of creatures early naturalists had wrong. So far I‘ve learned about sloths, vultures, bats, beavers, and storks. Similar to Mary Roach‘s writing, I‘ve laughed a lot.

I‘m going to give The Chosen and the Beautiful another chance before I totally bail. Then 🤷‍♀️.

#unpopular opinion. Way too wordy and I predicted almost everything. I wouldve bailed but everyone said it was a great book. To be honest, the beginning story of the missing kids was more interesting than the murder that was the plot.

2021 started with me finishing this. So, #unpopular opinion time! 🙃😂 WHY??!! Just why???!! The ending. Like 🙈🙊#nospoilers #whatdidIread #reallyover

Ugh, so frustrated with my #unpopular opinion. On one hand, I so appreciate the honest discussions regarding the countless traumas of sexual assault. On the other, I found the writing to be sloppy (So...many...repeat...words...), the plot had holes, and for a podcast-based narrative, the audiobook wasn't impressive.
Yet, this story is important--so important, and society needs to hear it. And for that alone, I give the author full kudos.

2.75⭐️

I didn‘t hate it let me start there but did I find myself wanting to continue it because I wanted to desperately know what was next? Absolutely not. I started this thinking that I would love it because it‘s about this guy who loves books and stories and far off places. Then thanks to luck and the tiniest bit of courage, he actually gets to go on an adventure to the greatest far off place of his dreams. Sadly it wasn‘t for me.

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Trigger warnings for just about everything - family violence, child abuse, sexual assault, drug misuse, sexist, racism, infidelity... The list goes on. And I'm okay with all that, as long as there is some sort of redemption or even just a point to it all.

But no.

This is my pick for #BookClubWorthy for #booked2020 because it was my pick for book club. There was definitely a lot to discuss but I'm sorry for making people read it.