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Shireen
is 90% done
Since I hate not finishing and had gotten enough into the book to want to see how this ends, I skipped to the last couple of chapters. Decent ending. Way too much telling. Suddenly reading dialogue felt like I’d walked into a wall because this book is mostly descriptive, like a third person explaining a character’s thoughts. Interstitials were good. But I wouldn’t have read this if the blurb had been accurate
— Dec 02, 2025 07:45AM
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Shireen
is 53% done
Because my holds on the library were forever on hold, I took this out through Libby app new Inspire Me function. It’s billed as a comedy. It ain’t. It’s a picture of a widow refusing to process her grief. Like in any grief story, there are laugh out loud moments. That doesn’t make it a humour book or amusing or a comedy. If you’re mid-grief, this is too raw and too close to home.
— Dec 02, 2025 07:02AM
