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A fascinating tangle of lives, with plotting that feels both meticulously crafted and deceptively effortless. I started The Animal Room with the idea that I’d read one story a night. Nope. Not a chance. These stories are compelling and addictive. The A ...more |
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"Why did I obsessively read this book start to finish in two days? Maybe because it had a high school basketball theme, maybe because it featured a cast of very human, very messy, very flawed characters, maybe because many of those characters discover"
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"This was a a surprise and uplifting read. The multiple “voices” were a little distracting but otherwise a feel good read. I would recommend it. Some knowledge of basketball will help. Sort of sorry re how some of the parents were less than supportive"
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Isola
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"I have no memory of how this book ended up on my Kindle. It's a KU book, but I don't know why I downloaded it. But when I was looking for a book to read while I waited for my next Libby loan to come through, I sawthis on my Kindle and was intrigued.
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“It was now three a.m., the time when night pushes into morning, your chance at sleep gone, when you feel as if you’re the only one awake in the world.”
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“You just try to get through the day. The small stuff—waiting on a bus, eating, having a simple conversation—is too much to bear, and you fight to make it through the next minute without screaming. You look around at people going about their day—smiling, laughing, having meaningless encounters and conversations as if living was effortless, and you curse yourself and your mind and you wonder if someday things will get easier, and you become terrified of what will happen if they don’t.”
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“Toby’s pain, cut with his guilt and sorrow, raced in my veins as if I’d shot up with it, finally overwhelming me and knocking me out.”
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