so-soThis asks: Can one moment define a person's whole life? It reminded me a bit of Crawdads, dealing heavily with the environment of the setting. Told from Cadie's pov, alternating between her childhood past and the present. Cadie Kessler, an entomologist and forestry scientist, returns to her hometown when her deepest childhood secret surfaces. The author continually tries to mislead the reader and doesn't do it well and the outcome is predictable.
Starting this one because a friend raved about it.
panThis one is incredibly similar to Where the Crawdads Sing, but the plot becomes convoluted w/too many issues. There‘s a murder, immigration policy, climate change, coming-of-age, & more. The story got lost in the heavy-handed issues & sermonizing. I found myself rolling my eyes & probably should have DNFed, but I kept waiting for it to find its footing & move past its talking points. I saw the “twist” coming a mile away & that didn‘t help either.
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This story is about people hurting each other because of their legality and being there for each other when they are needed most. About friendships that are sacred and deep yet also surrounded by a few lies. Lies to protect and lies that could and do hurt. Lies that are meant to protect. Friendships will be put to the ultimate test. This is a very touching and heartfelt story.
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So I don't have enough time to give this book before it is due back to the library. I've returned it and will maybe pick it up in the future.
I say maybe because at this time I didn't want to read a book with the plot of "something that happened one summer is back to haunt her and expose secrets". I want something "fresher" and different right now. (Don't know what that is though!)
No matter what or where, a bookworm always brings a book. Sitting in emerg on Superbowl Sunday after slicing my finger almost clean off washing a beer mug. 🙄
Waiting and waiting gives me the chance to read right? Optimism? Listening in to everything has been entertaining? One girl had to get staples in her head - tobaganning accident from slamming into a fence.
pickA forester with a secret from her childhood— which can‘t help but catch up with her. Cadie spend her youth running around in the woods with her friend Daniela, but after witnessing something terrible, everything in their lives changed.
I loved the environmental themes in this book and the last fifty pages begged me to read straight through. An interesting debut!
“Truth hides in fissures and hollows, in broken places and empty parts. It can be buried, crushed, or burnt, but the truth will always rise.”
I had not heard of this book, which is due for publication in January, until it was offered up on BookishFirst. I had no idea that I needed it in my life until I read the haunting, lyrical opening on the website. I then exchanged 2000 hard earned points to make it a part of my life!
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