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Terrific!

Revisado: 05-04-19

So much to think about in this novel! How do we recall the past? What is truth? What is fiction? How does one person’s truth contradict someone else’s? I found this to be a thought provoking page turner that makes me want to read everything else Susan Choi has written!

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Not sure this works

Revisado: 04-28-19

Ultimately, I enjoyed this book. However, I'm not sure an adaptation of Pride and Prejudice really works with smart, contemporary female characters. I find it hard to believe that these girls are so focused on romance. I also found this book a bit sanitized - really very little discussion of sex and sexuality for a novel about 17 and 18 years old girls (and boys who are a bit older). I'm bothered by YA lit that sacrifice authentic experiences of teenagers to a market driven need to be palatable to parents, teachers, and other adults who might buy the book for teenagers.

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Best book of the year!

Revisado: 04-17-19

Best book I read in 2018 by leaps and bounds. I'm a Gen-Xer in my mid-40s and I am often reminded of how little I understood of the AIDS epidemic when I was growing up. This novel brings the AIDS epidemic in Chicago (fascinating, since we usually hear stories from NYC or SF), into sharp relief. The last book I read about the AIDS epidemic made me feel like such a cis-gender, straight, idiot was John Irving's really lovely novel, "In One Person." This book is even better. Highly recommend.

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Written for 45-year-old women!

Revisado: 04-17-19

A fair number of people don't like this book because the female protagonists seem judgmental or "not nice." But as an upper-middle class woman in her mid-40s, the stories in this book seriously spoke to me. These aren't mean girls; these are smart women (admittedly women of a certain class who are likely white), who have a lot of pressures and deal with those pressures in ways that aren't always flattering, but are really pretty honest. We all need to reflect on what jerks we are, right? Excellent writing and a fun and thought-provoking read!

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Didactic and a major snooze-fest

Revisado: 04-17-19

I've read most of Jodi Picoult's stuff and usually think its just page-turner fun, but sometime feel surprised by how smart it is. This book is neither smart nor a page turner. It is like reading a "controversial" article about abortion from Teen Magazine circa 1986 (seriously, I'm pretty sure you could find this article). There's not a single argument made in this novel (which is clearly aimed at teaching people about "both sides" of the abortion debate) that I haven't heard 100 times before. Additionally, the "plots twists" are freight-train-in-your-face obvious. Really, skip this one.

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