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The kind of book that AIs are trained on

Revisado: 02-25-25

predictable story, groaning plot, stilted dialogue. I don’t understand why this is a popular work.

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Best novel I’ve read this year, and its been a compelling list…

Revisado: 12-19-24

The characters are so finely drawn, the riff off the real is remarkable, and the hope it lays down is poignant.
I’m a swimmer, snorkeler, maker and reader - I was touched. I laughed out loud twice I found myself tearing at three times while reading this unbelievably strong book.

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wild ride, such a strong storyteller

Revisado: 11-02-24

I loved how different this was from everything else she’s written and yet this world snuggles up to all the rest. How is it that such serious issues and bright humor get woven up through the book - strands embedded within this large cast of characters? I’m simply a gushing, thankful fan.

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simply awful

Revisado: 10-16-24

Enjoyed her latest, I laughed out loud during sections, and was reaching out for more. Very Sadly, I simply don't want to spend another minute in this icky world she's constructed. I usually finish what I start, but this is not the first bad book I've put down that's been written by a good woman. Wish I could return it!

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Hyped Mediocre Coming of Age Tale

Revisado: 06-30-24

Not at all certain why the praise was so strong for this work. Wish I could return it. A waste of a credit

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Wonderfully odd

Revisado: 01-08-24

Appreciated this singular work. Lovers of short stories and those that listen over long commutes might have kinder praise than those who predominantly read novels. It is a tangled flickering of human history, psychology, natural history, and botanical discription. It forms an intimate picture of a peopled landscape that feels familiar if you live in Western Massachusetts, as I do.
The narration is really fine.

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The strangest most lovely thing I’ve encountered in awhile

Revisado: 08-31-23

I started crying when it was over.
Yeah, the tale’s end is poignant, but I realized I was crying because I wanted to stay in the world that had been created more than I was impacted by the ending. I didn’t want it to be the closing.

The performance was spot on. The reader and content seemed perfectly matched. I had the chance to wonder whether authors get to listen to hundreds of different voices as they determine who reads their work. Is the process like choosing the cover of their book? Was the selection of the reader a wonderful editorial choice, the author’s selected reader, a happy accident of late capitalism, an AI pairing? Would love to learn the answer…

The story is a tied-together poetic wonder, that at specific moments might initially feel to be a disjointed puzzle. But stay with it if you feel your loosing the thread - the narrative arc totally works. Real Kudos to all involved.

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Interesting collisions-but a wonderful read

Revisado: 06-06-23

Why do I feel as though this book is a strange collision — the best of ‘cozy mysteries’ meets young adult fiction with a naturalist’s bent? I’m somewhere between retirement age and well past most sagas about youth struggling to find themselves. Yet, I was really touched by this remarkably sweet novel.

I also appreciated specific passages — Van Pelt’practically physicalized the act of decision-making through a well-crafted description of navigating through traffic. Nice touch. I’ve already decided to read whatever comes next from this talented writer.

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Simply, awful

Revisado: 08-21-21

I finished everything, well almost everything - I didn’t finish this. Drivel. A too obvious, failed attempt to spin something dark, serious, deep.

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