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Thank you from a teacher!

Revisado: 08-04-24

I loved the characters, and, as a teacher, I loved reading a novel where I actually felt seen! More, please!

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This is how we save the world.

Revisado: 07-17-24

Rest in peace, Jane McAlevey. You have given us the roadmap and the tools we need to save the world.

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Beautiful and I’m sobbing

Revisado: 04-03-24

Wow. This is not just a work of art but also a work that required some serious therapy and working through trauma to produce. Absolutely beautiful. I hope he is reunited with his pretend family. I hope that they read the tribute he wrote to them.

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So good except for the ending

Revisado: 05-14-23

It was fun and well-written. But, Eeew. I didn’t like how it ended. I wish she had had a better option.

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Lifestyles of the rich and famous

Revisado: 03-29-22

This was fun. Very funny and interesting. It is definitely about an elite, wealthy crowd of people, so be prepared for that.

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Disappointing

Revisado: 03-29-22

The writing is unnecessarily overwrought, and the story is not engaging. It never really took off.

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Excellent

Revisado: 02-04-22

The characters are so likeable and believable. I laughed out loud a lot and really felt for them. This is such a great back story for The Hate U Give. I couldn’t stop listening. I think I even liked it better.

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Gross - doesn’t hold up

Revisado: 11-07-21

Eeew. I remember watching the movie back in the ‘80’s with my dad and thinking it was really cool. But listening to it now, I see it was definitely written back in the 1960’s and was very much of its time.

The author makes his bad guy (the Baron) fat, and spends hundreds of words describing his fat, using his fatness as evidence of his evil. That fat phobia doesn’t sit well with me.

Then, he also uses homophobia to show the evil of the same character. The Baron rapes young men and has a crush on his own nephew and on Paul. The only reason his character harbors same sex desires is to make him look like a bad person. Keep your homophobia back in 1965, please.

Finally, though the Lady Jessica is a developed character, her real purpose is to gape at how amazing Paul is. And Chaney is just an awestruck cheerleader for Paul. I’m sure in 1965, having female characters with “power” was very forward thinking, but, like I said, it doesn’t hold up.

I don’t know how they are remaking this as a movie nowadays. I hope they do something to bring it into modern times because, eeew.

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So fun!

Revisado: 09-25-21

I loved this book. It was funny, warm-hearted, and very interesting. I love her personality and wish she would write her 2nd book soon.

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Wow!

Revisado: 07-30-21

This is beautiful! I love the translation. So fresh and unexpected. I’m going to use it alongside Seamus Heaney in my class. The performance is EXCELLENT!

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